I have been having some problems that sound very similar for my RS/6000. I havn't been able to get any of the debian disks to come up and provide me a root filesystem running dbootstrap. Before this, when putting the default CD in I was also getting SCSI errors with the 53C8xx driver. I found through trial and error the only version that would work for my old 43P was the SYM53C8XX Version 2 driver. With the disks not quite working I'm giving up on using them and I plan on taking base2_2.tgz and throwing that on my disk after I do all the dbootstrap stuff manually. I'll then make a special kernel and put it on a floppy and boot the first time that way.
The only questions that remain in my mind are: Is this a common problem when installing on RS/6000? Should someone try to make a set of boot images specificly for the older RS/6000 systems? Shaun On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Kovacs Richard wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu Dec 6 09:18:48 2001 Benny Siegert wrote: > > Nor do I :-). Seriously, I haven't got a kernel to fully boot yet. At > > some time during my tests, I installed AIX. When I switch on the RS/6K > > I have a working kernel (2.4.15 with a ppc patch :)! > > But: What root floppy to use. I downloaded a Prep root.bin and tried > to load it, but after the welcome screen (with the Continue button) I > do not seem to be able to go on. > I mounted the root image, and corrected all references to tty* and set > ttyS0 for the main screen because I want to install it from a sreial > console. > What should I do? > What things shouold I look for? > > Thanks in advance, > > Ricsi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
