Mac G3 Beige (Tommy Trussell)

[Frarquit]

I`ve finally found the way to boot live CDs with an Old World Mac (with 
 >= 192MB of RAM): just copy the correspondent Yaboot.conf`arguments 
that are in the CD to the BootX`kernel arguments!

For Breezy`live CD:

casper/enable=true 
casper-udeb/snapshot/backing-file=/cdrom/casper/filesystem.cloop --

For Xubuntu Edgy`liveCD (found into Yaboot.conf file, at 
append`instructions):

file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet --

It is possible to check the CD`integrity (and so on) with:

boot=casper integrity-check quiet splash --



So, solved the problem number 2, we go back to 1:

How can I configure the pmac_zilog module to print?

Thank you for your attention,

Francisco
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 06:56:57 -0600
> From: "Tommy Trussell" <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Mac G3 Beige
> To: "Xubuntu Development Discussion" <xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 12/7/06, Frarquit <frarquit at uol.com.br> wrote:
>   
>>  Hi
>>
>>  I`ve download CD Alternate Xubuntu 6.06.1 Powerpc and installed into a Mac
>> G3 Beige (233).
>>
>>  But, since the machine is a called Mac OldWorld, I had to recompiled the
>> kernel to access the floppy (I don`t know if there was another easier way)
>>
>>  So, I would like to know if you could help me about two points:
>>
>>  1. How could I access the printer? Using the setserial command? If so,
>> whitch are the parameters? or Will I have to recompile the kernel again? and
>> configuring which modules?
>>
>>  2. As there are instructions to BootX to boot Breezy`liveCD in Mac OldWorld
>> Machines, I believe that there are to versions Dapper and Edgy too. So, do
>> anyone knows which are the correspondents arguments to BootX?
>>     
>
> Unfortunately, the kernel on the liveCD won't boot an Oldworld. I
> believe the kernel on the Dapper alternate CD will, at least on my
> PowerBook G3 ("Wallstreet").
>
> Regardless of the kernel, the BootX arguments will be similar as they
> are dependent on your hardware (the video arguments) and the
> partitions on your hard drive (the root= argument).
>
>
> The printer is slightly harder (though easy if you have been compiling
> your own kernel!) -- you will need to insert the kernel module for Mac
> serial ports. I'm not at my Mac right now so I can't tell you exactly
> which one. If you can't find it write again and I'll find it.
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:40:43 -0600
> From: "Tommy Trussell" <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Mac G3 Beige
> To: "Xubuntu Development Discussion" <xubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Follow-up message...
>
> On 12/7/06, Frarquit <frarquit at uol.com.br> wrote:
>  >  1. How could I access the printer? Using the setserial command? If so,
>   
>> whitch are the parameters? or Will I have to recompile the kernel again? and
>> configuring which modules?
>>     
>
> To activate the serial ports in an Old World Mac (or presumably a New
> World Mac with a third-party serial card), add
>
> pmac_zilog
>
> to your /etc/modules file. (If you're compiling your kernel you could
> just compile it in.)
>
> Mine have worked fine with very little tweaking on this PowerBook G3
> (Wallstreet II/PDQ) -- it has three serial devices -- the printer
> port, internal modem, and the IRDA (infrared) port, all apparently
> properly configured when I load the pmac_zilog module. You can see the
> which /dev entries they got using the dmesg command. I use my serial
> port to sync my Palm M100 using jpilot.
>
> If you have a serial modem or something to test with, you can install
> the minicom terminal program to confirm the port is working OK on
> yours.
>
> You may be on your own setting up the printer, however... it has been
> years since I configured a serial printer and I have never done it
> using CUPS. On my serial Mac printer (a Canon BJC4550) it also had a
> parallel port so I moved it to a PC running ubuntu where CUPS plus
> TurboPrint have printed fine for several years. Unfortunately the
> printer died just this week. ;-(
>