Re: bootstra.tos broken on 68040/68060 real hardware

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On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 at 00:39, Michael Schmitz <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm sure that would be a lot easier (unless FreeMINT has introduced
> endianness issues).
>
It was. But of course I had to prepare another initrd because the default
one didn't contain ext4.ko and jbd2.ko. :)

So, after that I was finally able to finish the installation but oh dear,
was it a long one. Against Debian 3.1, Debian 12's netinst.iso is twice as
big but the installation time was 30 minutes vs. ... I don't know, several
hours (I let it run during the night). And that was with TT RAM enabled!

Another hiccup was booting the installed system: since the default kernel
doesn't contain pata_falcon.ko, libata.ko, ext4.ko and jbd2.ko, I had to
boot into the installer again, take initrd.img from my installed partition,
copy to FreeMiNT's ext2 partition, then copy it to TOS GEMDOS partition,
then add -r to bootargs (unlike 2.2.25) and after *that* I was able to see
the login prompt after a long series of debug messages. Funny to see
systemd on my Falcon. :)

Could I log into the system after all? Of course not. :) This took another
couple of hours: by default, Debian 12 uses yescrypt for password hashes.
yescrypt is so heavy that even 60s is not enough for verifying my password
so after entering login+password I was welcomed with ... a restarted login
prompt because the kernel killed the login process for taking 100% CPU time
for one minute. :)

So a happy end but oh dear, Debian 3.1 was a breeze in comparison to this.
I have one last item on my TODO and that is trying a build from Geert's
branch so I can see my NetUSBee alive.

P.S. I could also observe a few minor oddities like "shutdown" actually not
shutting down the CT60 or that after a while (that happened in both the
installer and the installed system), IKBD packets are interpreted
somewhat... weirdly. For instance UP arrow doesn't work anymore, I have to
use INSERT. shell history's UP arrow also doesn't work and if I use CTRL+P,
I have to go RIGHT if I want to move the cursor LEFT.

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m after all? Of course not. :) This took another couple of hours: by defaul=
t, Debian 12 uses yescrypt for password hashes. yescrypt is so heavy that e=
ven 60s is not enough for verifying my password so after entering login+pas=
sword I was welcomed with ... a restarted login prompt because the kernel k=
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iv><br></div><div>So a happy end but oh dear, Debian 3.1 was a breeze in co=
mparison to this. I have one last item on my TODO and that is trying a buil=
d from Geert&#39;s branch so I can see my NetUSBee alive.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>P.S. I could also observe a few minor oddities like &quot;shutdown&=
quot; actually not shutting down the CT60 or that after a while (that happe=
ned in both the installer and the installed system), IKBD packets are inter=
preted somewhat... weirdly. For instance UP arrow doesn&#39;t work anymore,=
 I have to use INSERT. shell history&#39;s UP arrow also doesn&#39;t work a=
nd if I use CTRL+P, I have to go RIGHT if I want to move the cursor LEFT.</=
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