Re: Linux installed from 2005.1 disk does not start

Joseph Jezak <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.ppc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
  > Please wait, loading kernel
> Elf32 kernel loaded
> Loading System.map
> System.map loaded at 01700000, size:260 Kbytes
> Opening display /pci@f0/NVDA,NVMac@10...  ok
> Copying OF device tree...done
> Calling quiesce...
> returning 0x01400000 from prom_init
> 
> And then everything hangs; the only way out is to cut the power.

You need a framebuffer device in your kernel, Linux doesn't work on PPC
without an FB. You should use the OpenFirmwareFB with an nVidia chipset.


-Joe

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