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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Clooned on July 10, 2003, 06:03:33 PM

Title: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Clooned on July 10, 2003, 06:03:33 PM

A friend give me a firewire PCI card and I installed it in my AmigaOne G4.

Can Debian use it? How? I updated the Kernel to the latest version avaiable.

and if I install Mac On Linux?

Thank you.

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Samuar on July 10, 2003, 11:44:58 PM

You may need to recompile your kernel to include firewire. Use "make menuconfig" before compiling to allow you to select which things you'd like as part of your kernel or as kernel modules or not at all.

Check IEEE FIREWIRE is selected.

Luckily for us Pegasos Users, we get three Firewire connectors already on our motherboards ;)

Hope this helps.

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Rob on July 11, 2003, 02:31:44 AM

Well done Clooned!  Your A1 is now zico compliant.

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Gaidheal on July 11, 2003, 02:40:35 AM

IEEE 1394 "FireWire"

Having them on the board would not make his kernel automatically see them either :¬)

Basically, you make sure that you have a release that will support it, if you don't you get a release that will support it and then compile it.  If you do, you see if they are visible.. if they are not, you likely need to recomile the kernel and tell it to include support for FireWire.  If you get stuck with the recompilation or acquiring the necessary new files should yours not support FireWire, check your manuals (hardcopy) if any, read your help and/or ask in a forum dedicated to your particular distribution.

Should be pretty easy though :¬)  Mac OS supported FireWire in OS 9 at least.. so I'd imagine yes to "Mac on Linux" too.

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Clooned on July 17, 2003, 04:36:01 PM

Can someone explain me step by step how can i recompile the kernel?

I'm total newbie in Linux. Thank you.

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: hagar on July 17, 2003, 04:37:43 PM

Quote

Clooned wrote:
Can someone explain me step by step how can i recompile the kernel?

I'm total newbie in Linux. Thank you.

There are some ways to do it depending on the distribution you use...

Are you using debian?

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: bloodline on July 17, 2003, 04:41:34 PM

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Clooned wrote:
Can someone explain me step by step how can i recompile the kernel?

I'm total newbie in Linux. Thank you.

Type:

./configure
make Linux

:lol: Sorry couldn't resist!!! :lol:

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Clooned on July 17, 2003, 04:44:42 PM

@ hagar

yes I'm using Debian in my AmigaOne G4.

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: Clooned on July 17, 2003, 04:54:22 PM

@ bloodline

In what directory i have to do this?

I get this: make :*** No rule to make target 'Linux'. Stop.

Help I want to use my Firewire PCI card

Title: Re: AmigaOne with firewire PCI card
Post by: bloodline on July 17, 2003, 04:57:04 PM

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Clooned wrote:
@ bloodline

In what directory i have to do this?

I get this: make :*** No rule to make target 'Linux'. Stop.

Help I want to use my Firewire PCI card

oops sorry, that was actually a joke.

um, I use SuSE and that has tool for recompiling the Kernel.

Again sorry about that  :oops: