Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Buesch <> | Subject | Re: Trying to get my shiny new G5 (quad 2.5GHz) to boot under Linux | Date | Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:50:44 +0200 |
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On Sunday 30 July 2006 12:23, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:06:56 -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: > >I just bought a brand new absolute-bleeding-edge Quad 2.5GHz G5 (it's > >actually dual-proc dual-core, but that's marketing for you) and I'm > >trying to find a kernel that will boot the system. Well actually I'm > >_trying_ to install Debian but I have yet to even get to mounting the > >initramfs. Here's a list of the kernels I've tried: > > > > Debian-Installer beta2 (I think this is 2.6.15?) > > Debian 2.6.16-1-powerpc64 > > Debian 2.6.17-1-powerpc64 > > Custom 2.6.18-rc2+git (64821324ca49f24be1a66f2f432108f96a24e596) > ... > >If you have gotten Linux to boot on the Quad G5; I'd really > >appreciate it if you could send me a working .config (or even better, > >a working vmlinux image). Thanks for all your help! > > You really should try YDL 4.1's kernel. I would be very > surprised if it didn't work.
It boots, but it's crap. It has not the required Windtunnel support built in (kernel too old), so the fans go crazy. (And a G5 with fans going crazy is _really_ annoying).
But installing YDL 4.1 is good to bootstrap another distribution plus kernel from it. I first installed YDL 4.1 and (somehow, don't remember all the dirty details) bootstrapped a Ubuntu on it. After that I deleted the YDL partition again and made it my /home partition.
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