Successfully modified the Sam460ex uRamdisksqueeze ramdisk to install Wheezey on Sam440ep .
Did a test install of a base system to an ESATA Drive
Must try it on my Sam460ex to install Wheezy some time.
Now need to see if I can set up preeseed to automate the copying of the kernel and modules to the fresh installation .

root@debian:~# cat /etc/debian_version
7.1

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@Spectre660

Great work!
If you can sort out a installable and working version for 460 it would be a great result

@Spectre660

Cooooool, thanks for that. I'm getting excited to test this

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@Spectre660

Congratulation to your successful kernel build!

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Great! a new OS to install on the Sam440ep :)

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@All

Thanks for the kind words.

Main issue is the like the Sam460ex version I cant get the console to work with the Installer.
So installation needs a Null modem cable and a Second PC.This can do a complete install of Wheezy plus every thing needed to boot from harddrive.

The installer will copy the kernel and modules and set up the menu.lst so the only thing you have to do is to install Parthenope as the boot loader on your hard drive.
Problem with the serial install is that the text on the Serial terminal on the PC side can get garbled from time to time.

I tend to setup my booting from a SFS0 partition where I put the kernels and a menu.lst file so that I can select a different kernel for booting if I want. This can coexist with the
boot setup on the linux partition by the installer.

Last edited by Spectre660 on 11-Oct-2013 at 12:16 PM.

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The installer works. Ended up with a Jessie installation.
Iceweasel 17.09 is fast !!!. This alone is worth the install.
I used a "Small CD" for for the install so the ISO is about 270MB.
After I had done it I found the ramdisk for the Tiny CD" installer "hidden" on the Debian website.
Will make an installer based on this but will have to test it so for now I am getting the Small CD version ready for Xeno74 to host.
Just need to make sure that it works with a Radeon 9250.
Every thing is good with the Radeon HD4850 , The text installer and the console so no serial cable and second computer needed.
Although they are useful debugging .

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@Spectre660

Seems to be a problem with the Radeon 9250 and framebuffer device.
Gnome wont start with this card. Will have to adjust my configuration.

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@Spectre660

Have you tried also with your HD6670?

@kyle

Not yet.
I need to get framebuffer support right for the 9250 and 4xxx series before
I attempt to add the support for 5xxx and 6xxx cards.

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kyle wrote: @Spectre660 Have you tried also with your HD6670?

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Console on Radeon HD 6670 .

Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[drm] initializing kernel modesetting (TURKS 0x1002:0x6758 0x174B:0xE181).
[drm] register mmio base: 0xB8100000
[drm] register mmio size: 131072
ATOM BIOS: TURKS
radeon 0000:02:00.0: VRAM: 2048M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000007FFFFFFF (2048M used)
radeon 0000:02:00.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000080000000 - 0x000000009FFFFFFF
[drm] Detected VRAM RAM=2048M, BAR=256M
[drm] RAM width 128bits DDR
[TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 385270 kiB
[TTM] Zone highmem: Available graphics memory: 516340 kiB
[TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[drm] radeon: 2048M of VRAM memory ready
[drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
radeon 0000:02:00.0: radeon_uvd: Can't load firmware "radeon/SUMO_uvd.bin"
[drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[drm] Loading TURKS Microcode
[drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000000000040000).
radeon 0000:02:00.0: WB enabled
radeon 0000:02:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c00 and cpu addr 0xffc8bc00
radeon 0000:02:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c0c and cpu addr 0xffc8bc0c
[drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[drm:r600_ring_test] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xCAFEDEAD)
radeon 0000:02:00.0: disabling GPU acceleration
radeon 0000:02:00.0: cd8cb400 unpin not necessary
[drm] Radeon Display Connectors


@kyle

Quote:

kyle wrote: @Spectre660 Have you tried also with your HD6670?

Last edited by Spectre660 on 13-Oct-2013 at 10:11 PM.

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@Spectre660

Is this a promising start? Or not?

Last edited by kyle on 13-Oct-2013 at 10:12 PM.

@kyle

trying a base install with the Radeon HD 6670.
It was as simple as the fact that the Radeon HD firmware is not present in the Installer.
After all who needs Radeon HD 5000 and up on a powepc Mac ?
Just had to add the firmware to the Ramdisk .
It means that my kernel configuration should be ok. Jut a matter of having the
Radeon firmware in the right place.


Quote:

kyle wrote: @Spectre660 Is this a promising start? Or not?

Last edited by Spectre660 on 13-Oct-2013 at 10:40 PM.

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Base system install went ok with Radeon HD 6670. Have working console.
Need to do one more kernel compile then will try a full Desktop system install .

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@Spectre660

AWESOME mate!!! Keep the good work.

@Spectre660

Well done mate !

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Thanks Guys.

Now for the big test. Installing Gnome Desktop.

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@Spectre660

Its Done !!! .

http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1024&p=22751#p22751

Last edited by Spectre660 on 14-Oct-2013 at 03:53 PM.

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@Spectre660

Wonderful!! So the one you linked is already the iso cd for installing Linux on 460ex with HD6670?