Re: [MiNT] Recommended FS for 68k Freemint and other stuff

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

Hi Emmanuel,

On 01/11/14 10:47, Emmanuel Kasper wrote:
> Hello
> I am a Unix sysadmin by trade and interest, and I am toying with the
> Idea of installing some Unixy stuff on my STE.
> Minix is find but it's unconfortable to work with and has no TCP/IP
>
>
> My ultimate goal is to have a ready to disk image of a Freemint
> Installation with Apache 1.2.5 and telnetd, so that people with a
> Ethernec Network Card, and a Ultra Satan Disk, 4MB RAM can turn their
> old ST in a web server ( with no GUI)
>
> I have started to fiddle around with Freemint 1.18, following the
> install steps mentionned at
> http://www.thebigconsultant.com/probe/sw-mintunix.html but I
> encountered quite a few problems.
>
> First of all Xaaes just simply crash on my machine, I have discussed
> this here http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=27040

I just posted there, but the last screenshot you took still shows 1.18,
and not the trunk code as it would show 1-19-cur. It's worth trying the
trunk and it works fine on my STE and STFM.

> When I use Freemint with the ROM AES, the keyboard input does not work.

As David mentioned, it's worth trying NOHOG.ACC

>
> My second question, should I use the MinixFS or ext2 on a 68k machine
> ? It seems unclear which of those is working with 1.18 on 68k machine.
> The Minix driver works but sends a lot of warning like this
> http://imgur.com/ZhhYqWZ
>

ext2 is currently only compiled for 68020-60. As for the MINIX messages,
have you got ALERT or DEBUG enabled in your mint.ini file ?

> My third question, is how to I avoid the kernel logs to pollute the
> console ? Do i need syslog to avoid that ?

Again, check your kernel log level.

>
>
> Finally do the sparemint rpms also work on 68000s CPUS ?

I'm not sure, as I don't use them. I use Gentoo.

http://gentoo.atariforge.net

Alan.