Linux/m68k Frequently Asked Questions

Chris Lawrence, quango@ix.netcom.com

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Newsflash (what's new since the last version announced to Usenet)
• 1.2 What is this document?
• 1.3 Who Are You? What Do You Want?
• 1.4 Where to get the latest version of this FAQ
• 1.5 FAQ Numbering System
• 1.6 Linux/m68k Versions Covered
• 1.7 General Linux Questions and Answers
• 1.8 A bit about the Linux/m68k platforms

2. A Brief History of Linux and Linux/m68k

• 2.1 MonoCPUism: Linus creates Linux
• 2.2 The Linux/m68k Trinity: Hamish, Roman and Jes
• 2.3 In Their Own Words

3. Requirements to run Linux/m68k

• 3.1 Processor
• 3.2 RAM
• 3.3 Hard Disk
• 3.4 Software

4. Similarities and differences between Linux/m68k implementations

• 4.1 Similarities
• 4.2 Differences

5. The current status of Linux/m68k

• 5.1 What has been done in general?
• 5.2 Amiga
• 5.3 Atari
• 5.4 VME
• 5.5 Apple Macintosh
• 5.6 Sun 3 Workstations
• 5.7 NeXT Workstations
• 5.8 Unsupported
• 5.9 Other processors
• 5.10 Misconceptions about Linux/m68k

6. Installing Linux/m68k

7. Sources for information, sources and binaries

• 7.1 Installation Guides
• 7.2 Other Documents
• 7.3 Newsgroups
• 7.4 Mailing Lists
• 7.5 WWW sites
• 7.6 FTP sites
• 7.7 Modem
• 7.8 Distributions
• 7.9 IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
• 7.10 Magazines
• 7.11 Books

8. Recompiling Linux

• 8.1 Finding The Sources
• 8.2 What You Need to Recompile
• 8.3 Submitting Changes
• 8.4 Bug Reports
• 8.5 Known bugs

9. Future Development

• 9.1 General
• 9.2 Amiga
• 9.3 Atari
• 9.4 VME
• 9.5 Apple Macintosh
• 9.6 Hewlett-Packard/Apollo Domain Workstations
• 9.7 Sun 3 Workstations
• 9.8 HP 9000/300
• 9.9 NeXTcube and NeXTstation
• 9.10 Other Systems

10. Common problems

• 10.1 I can't find the man page for XXX
• 10.2 How can I access my SCSI tape drive?
• 10.3 Where did all my Amiga's chip memory go?
• 10.4 How do I access Linux partitions from AmigaOS?
• 10.5 My SCSI bus locks up when I want to use my DAT drive
• 10.6 My SCSI bus locks up when the kernel probes for devices
• 10.7 I displayed a binary file, and now my console is totally screwed up
• 10.8 Can I use both ELF and a.out libraries/binaries in my system?
• 10.9 After installing a patch, the new files are in the current directory
• 10.10 Less behaves weird when I press a key
• 10.11 What are the current major/minor device numbers for /dev/xxx?
• 10.12 How can I tell an a.out binary from an ELF one?
• 10.13 GCC complains that it can't find shared libs while linking
• 10.14 Linux recognizes my Amiga's XXX board, but it doesn't work
• 10.15 I can't use ttyS3 and ttyS4 simultaneously on my Atari
• 10.16 Amiboot dies when I start it with VMM running
• 10.17 How do I byte-swap an ext2 filesystem?
• 10.18 My kernel hangs at the login prompt
• 10.19 I just upgraded to 2.1.21 (or later) and modules don't work
• 10.20 Where can I get Linux/m68k on CD-ROM?
• 10.21 How do I patch my kernel?
• 10.22 How can I get my Jaz drive to work with Linux (or another OS...)?
• 10.23 When I use dpkg or tar, I get messages about a ``broken pipe''
• 10.24 What is the current status of FPU emulation?
• 10.25 I can't seem to boot from a ramdisk
• 10.26 I can't execute programs in my current directory
• 10.27 Video Questions
• 10.28 When I try to run the X Window System on 2.0.28, I get Oopses
• 10.29 When I try to run the X Window System on 2.0.33, I get an error
• 10.30 Kernel 2.1.X doesn't compile out of the box for me
• 10.31 I get strange crashes with kernel 2.1.X and two IDE drives
• 10.32 How do I compile Amiboot and Amiga LILO?
• 10.33 Internationalization questions
• 10.34 I installed glibc and now I get errors about undefined references.
• 10.35 ps and top do not display the associated tty numbers, just a '?'.
• 10.36 ``make menuconfig'' does not work!
• 10.37 How do I access floppies under Linux?
• 10.38 How do I use the loop-back device?
• 10.39 Floppies and modules
• 10.40 Why is there so little information on the web about the BrandX port?
• 10.41 How do I use my mouse in X or with GPM?
• 10.42 I'm having problems with my Falcon with Afterburner 040. Any tips?
• 10.43 I'm having strange problems with my PAK030 board in my ST!?!
• 10.44 How do I uncompress the precompiled kernels outside of Linux?
• 10.45 My English isn't very good. Can I read this FAQ in my native language?
• 10.46 Can I use an Amiga-formatted partition as my root partition?

11. Famous last words

• 11.1 Credits
• 11.2 Copyright and License