Package: Boot-Floppies Version: All (Potato, Woody) The boot floppies for PPC/PReP machines do not boot on an IBM 6015 machine (IBM Power Series 400), despite the 6015 being listed as a supported model. I have two identical machines, and have tried both so I do not believe this is caused by a hardware failure.The boot process hangs at the "Uncompressing Linux" message. This behavior is reflected both on the computer monitor and on a serial console.
I have tried Potato PPC/PReP boot floppies, and Woody boot floppies dated October 1999, April 2001, and November 2001. I was unable to find Sid boot floppy images on ftp mirrors. The images were downloaded with ftp and created on a RedHat 7.2 system using dd. For all four sets, the boot floppy hangs as above. The rescue floppy is not recognized as bootable. I have found a bootable floppy image at this URL: http://www.remote.org/sven/ppc.html The floppy image is specifically here: http://www.remote.org/sven/ppc/zImage.prep. A kernel patch for kernel 2.4.14 is here: http://www.remote.org/sven/ppc/40p.patch. This image and patch are actually for the 7020, which is almost identical to a 6015 (only the video card is different as far as I can tell). As the rescue floppies are not recognized as bootable on my system (because they are ext2 and not type 41 PReP boot?), replacing the kernel on a rescue floppy does not help me. I cannot mount a boot floppy (again, because it is type 41 boot?) to change the kernel in it. I suggest a boot floppy package be created for 40P models using Mr. Dickert's patch. (Probably most appropriate for Sid, as it is using a 2.4 kernel.) I would do it myself, however I do not have another PowerPC machine to install Debian and the boot-floppies package on in order to complete the task. I am trying to acquire a PowerMac to do just this, but as these are my first PowerPC machines I'm not sure how to build a PReP boot floppy on a CHRP PowerMac. If a 40P patched kernel works on other PReP machines, perhaps the 40P patch can be incorporated into the standard PReP boot floppies so that they will boot on all hardware listed as compatible on the PReP page. As an alternative, remove the 6015 model from the list of supported hardware. Hardware: IBM Power Series 400 6015-0U0 - PowerPC 601 @ 66MHz, 32MB RAM, Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM PCI video instead of the 7020 Weitec card, AT/Lantic DP83905 ISA combo (RJ45, BNC) Ethernet, onboard SCSI with SCSI hard drive & cd-rom. Cheers, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
