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Does anybody actually READ comp.os.linux.m68k?
Anyway, maybe the comp.unix.amiga crowd will help me...

Repost:
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(ObGotcha: Yes, my machine does have an MMU...)

I finally decided to install Linux on my A4000, so I can run the software I
need (Perl5 and Emacs-19.30+/Gnus5, since you must know :-) )

However, getting the packages recommended in the FAQ, and trying to start
the kernel (ala the Installation Guide ch. 5) doesn't get me very far...

My setup:
A4000, 030/50Mhz (Blizzard 4030), 68882/50Mhz, 8meg Fast, original 120meg
Seagate and 340meg WD Caviar on original IDE-bus, AmigaDOS 3.0.

Software:
    25812  amiboot-3.1
  1433600  filesys-pl4-newer.ext2
  1095398  vmlinux-1.2.13pl9
  1241477  watchtower-root-fs.tar.gz
 11747599  watchtower-usr-fs.tar.gz
     1146  watchtower-var-fs.tar.gz
 
Documentation: (which I have read, of course, as well as a printed v2.0a I.G.)
    53559  68k-FAQ
     3223  ANNOUNCE-1.2.10
     3622  ANNOUNCE-1.2.10pl1
     3273  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13
     3290  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl1
     4781  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl2
     4362  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl3
    15869  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl4
    16941  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl5
     8147  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl6
    12318  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl7
     5074  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl8
     7560  ANNOUNCE-1.2.13pl9
    24626  filesys-pl4-newer.README
    60880  Installation-HOWTO
     5456  README.elf
     2986  README.kernel
     5474  watchtower-fs.README

Attempted boot:
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> amiboot-3.1 -d -k vmlinux-1.2.13pl9 -r filesys-pl4-newer.ext2 \
	video=ntsc,inverse

Linux/m68k Amiga Bootstrap version 3.1
Copyright 1993,1994 by Hamish Macdonald and Greg Harp

Amiga model identification:
   Resource `draco.resource': not present
   Chipset: AGA
   Module `A1000 Bonus': 0x00f84254
   Module `NCR scsi.device': not present

Type a key to continue...


Amiga 4000 CPU: 68030 with 68882 FPU, AGA chipset

Command line is 'video=ntsc,inverse'
Vertical Blank Frequency: 50Hz
Power Supply Frequency: 50Hz
EClock Frequency: 709379Hz

No AutoConfig Devices Found

1 Block of Memory Found
Block 0: 07800000 to 08000000 (8192K)
2048K of CHIP memory

The kernel will be located at 07800000

Loading ELF Linux/m68k kernel...

Bootstrap's bootinfo version: 1.0
Kernel's bootinfo version   : 1.0
RAM disk at 07b5c224, size is 1400K

Kernel segment 0 at 0x07801000, size 846928
Kernel segment 1 at 0x078d1c50, size 273500
Boot info        at 0x079148ac

Kernel entry is 0x00001000
ramdisk dest top is 08000000
ramdisk lower limit is 07b5c224
ramdisk src top is 07cba224

Type a key to continue the Linux/m68k boot...

[Linux proceeds with:]
Amiga hardware found: [A4000] A4000_IDE A3000_CLK VIODE BLITTER AUDIO FLOPPY KEYBOARD MOUSE SERIAL PARALLEL CHIP_RAM PAULA LISA ALICE_PAL ZORRO
Probing AutoConfig expansion device(s):
No AutoConfig expansion devices present.
kswap 2.2.1.3 (Exp 1996/06/03 04:10:43)
Console: colour Amiga AGA ntsc 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63)
Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 12.33 BogoMips
M68K serial driver version 1.00
ttyS0 at 0x80dff018: Amiga builtin
lp_init: lp using interrupt
lp0: internal port
DMA sound driver installed, using 4 buffers at 32k.
z2ram: no unused Zorro II RAM found
[Cursor appears, and blinks out...  Hangs, vulcan pinch needed.]
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This happens whether I run amiboot from csh/kingcon under WB, or from Shell
after a no startup-sequence boot.

What do I do wrong, or is my machine simply unable to run Linux (!?)

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Lars Balker Rasmussen <URL:http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~gnort/>
Communications decency act?  Fuck it.