Best 2.6 kernel for OldWorld PowerMac?

[Geert Janssens]

Another location is http://www.ppckernel.org

You will find there kernels and kernel sources specifically modified for 
PPC systems. These kernels contain the most recent modifications and 
bugfixes for PPC. They are usually merged into the main kernel tree on 
www.kernel.org with a little delay.

Norberto Quintanar wrote:
> http://www.kernel.org/  is the best source for kernels, and hints,
> help, etc...  The only problem I've found to compiling kernels on old
> world macs is moving it from the Linux side to the Mac OS side.  Oh,
> if you don't have a zip drive or floppy, good luck!
> 
hfsutils is your friend ! Or simply mount your MacOS boot partition 
under linux, and do a straight copy. This assumes of course that your 
boot partition is HFS formatted.

Also, not so long ago (I believe around kernel 2.4.21 or so) the hfsplus 
module was greatly improved. I dare even mount hfsplus formatted 
partitions under linux now. But be careful anyway! I can't guarantee 
anything here.

Hope this helps.

Geert


> --- Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>>Has anyone tried a 2.6 kernel on an OldWorld PowerMac?  I've got an
>>old
>>beige G3 sitting here doing nothing in particular that I'd like to
>>try
>>something "experimental" with -- like building/installing a kernel
>>from
>>source.  Where's the best place to get source for a PPC-ready 2.6.x
>>kernel?
>>
>>I'll be using either YDL 3.01 or Debian testing/Sarge runtime
>>utilities.
>> Any suggestions?  Any particularly good HowTo's?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Rick
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