FC3 PPC development tree / installing FC3 on B&W PowerMacG3

[Colin Charles]

On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 09:23 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote:
 
> > Later, when the computer starts, if ifup eth0 doesn't work, can you
> > bring the interface up manually using ifconfig ?
> 
> I tried (from within /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts) ./ifup eth0 and  
> that did not work.

Provide tcpdump output

tcpdump -i eth0

> > > It's possible that the network (ifcfg-eth0) setting set up by YDL
> > were
> > > not sufficient for FC - I tried manually adjusting ifcfg-eth0 to
> > look
> > > similar to the ifcfg-eth0 on an x86 FC3 box, but that didn't work -
> > 
> > > even when I tried modprobing various modules I thought might be
> > 
> > Why did you install YDL to bootstrap fedora? Fedora itself installs
> > fine
> 
> No, it didn't. Not with the boot.iso for fc2 or fc3t2
> The boot.iso would get stuck asking what network driver it should use,  
> it would never get beyond that. I've seen at least one other iMac  
> report that issue in the ppc archives.

Hmm, odd. I too have an iMac, and possibly Paul has tried it too

> > What kernel is this?
> 
> It's the kernel that was in FC3T2
> I'll have to set the iMac up again to get you more info - such as lspci  
> output.

Tree at duke?

> > > I tried modprobing mace, sungem, a few others that looked  
> > reasonable
> > (I
> > > believe mace is the correct one) - but the installed kernel is kind
> > of
> > 
> > sungem is the correct one. What iMac exactly do you have? We would
> > appreciate lspci output
> 
> It's a tray loading iMac, Bondi Blue with Rev B. motherboard

Should be sungem
 
> I'll set the iMac back up this weekend and get the lspci etc.

Good, without useful debugging information, we can't help you either
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