[SPARCbook] (more) linux install troubles

[David Cantrell]

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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