Mach Kernels for YDL install on NuBus PPCs like the 6100

[Alexander Holst]

Sorry for the repost, but I forgot to change the subject in the previous post
:[


Hi Per,

there is still development going on for the NuBus kernel series:

http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/

I have the 2.4.26 kernel running under YDL-3.0.1 on a Performa 5200. The
site states that the latest kernel is 2.4.27. The kernels are remarkably
stable - before I upgraded to 2.4.26 recently, the machine was running
for 155 days on a 2.4.23 kernel:

Tue Aug 17 04:02:43 CEST 2004
  4:02am  up 155 days, 12:28,  2 users,  load average: 1.64, 0.41, 0.13


With installing YDL-3.0.1, there is only one caveat: there is no kernel
with installer for YDL-3.0.1, only for YDL-3.0! So the only way to get
YDL-3.x installed, is to start with the YDL-3.0 CDs, then upgrade via
yum or apt-get!

The only possibility to get around this, would be to compile a custom
NuBus kernel with the exact version number, which the YDL-3.0.1
installer needs (AFAIK 2.4.22-2f), in order to run the install
environment.

Good luck,
Alex


> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:21:34 +0200
> Subject: Mach Kernels for YDL install on NuBus PPCs like the 6100
> From: Per Erik R=?ISO-8859-1?B?+A==?=nne <per@husumtoften.dk>
> To: Yellow Dog Linux <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> In:
> 
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_2.3/nubus.shtml
> 
> it is possible to see how to install ydl on the old 6100/7100/8100 PowerPC
> NuBus computers. However, a necessary link is obsolete. Let me quote from
> the link above:
> 
> Install the Linux kernel(s)
>  Conceptually, this is involves placing a copy of the Linux kernel plus
> ramdisk (initrd) in the Extensions folder on the client, then changing its
> name to "Mach Kernel". Either download the file to a YDL box acting as a
> file server, or download directly to the Mac.
> 
>  You need to download two kernels from Etsushi's web site
> ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/ekato/nubus-pmac/: The one with the
> installer is in the YDL 2.3 directory, and the post installation kernel is
> located in the current directory. Please check the web site for the latest
> versions, as they do change from time to time.
> =3D=3D=3D
> 
> Where can I find these kernels? Etushi=B9s web site is simply no longer
> present.
> 
> I=B9ve just downloaded YDL 3.01 and am trying to install it on my old
> 6100/60/72.
> --=20
> Cand.scient. Per Erik R=F8nne
> Frederikssundsvej 308B, 3. tv., DK-2700 Br=F8nsh=F8j
> Telefon & fax 38 89 00 16, mobil 28 23 09 92

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