Revision as of 13:21, 11 March 2017

Upgrading Amiga Linux kernel

This is a guide on how to upgrade the kernel for Debian 3.1 for Amiga.

Start up the machine
install ntpdate (apt-get install ntpdate) as real time clock will be broken after kernel upgrade
Replace module init tools with newer version: module-init-tools-3.15-m68k.tar.gz
Extract kernel 4.8.14 modules in /lib/modules/ modules-4.8.14.tar.gz
Finally launch Linux with new kernel vmlinuz-4.8.14.tar.gz

Use Ubuntu linux distribution for this (Fedora seems to have problems with qemu-m68k binfmt)
Install debootstrap: apt-get install debootstrap
run apt-get install qemu-user-static
Build qemu-m68k-static binary build from branch qemu-m68k-680x0-v2.7.0 at https://github.com/vivier/qemu-m68k
Or download from here: qemu-m68k-static.tar.gz
Run

debootstrap --no-check-gpg --variant=buildd --foreign --arch=m68k unstable sid-m68k-sbuild http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/

debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage

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 *Extract kernel 4.8.14 modules in /lib/modules/ [http://files.subsecret.dk/amiga/modules-4.8.14.tar.gz modules-4.8.14.tar.gz]
 *Finally launch Linux with new kernel [http://files.subsecret.dk/amiga/vmlinuz-4.8.14.tar.gz vmlinuz-4.8.14.tar.gz]
-==Known Bugs===
+==Known Bugs==
-Known bugs: Real Time Clock will not work with new kernel. Use NTP to sync time instead.
+*Real Time Clock will not work with new kernel. Use NTP to sync time instead.
+==Video guide==
+https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL64Swv1hBtXdFMdVrkMYUEHZq6eKqD0_D
 =How to build new Amiga kernel yourself=