[SPARCbook] (more) linux install troubles

[Matthias Granberry]

This is also a 3gx.  I'll look into it a little more.  It may have
just been running hot because of high load.  There's usually plenty
going on during an install.  I'll poke around some more and get it
working more to my satisfaction as soon as I have time.

David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 02:45:51AM -0500, Matthias Granberry wrote:
>
>> I just blew the dust off my SPARCbook ...
>
> Which model?
>
>> I managed to get debian installed, but they use a 2.2-era kernel,
>> without any sparcbook-specific stuff compiled in, so it runs
>> unbelievably hot when it's on.  More annoyingly, I get a kernel panic
>> just after the partition check/scsi initialization.
>> Seeing what happens with an older kernel (I'm using 2.4.19).  Does
>> anyone have a "favorite" kernel for using their sparcbooks?
>
> I'm using 2.2.18 on a 3gx.  It doesn't run noticeably hot.
>
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