I believe I am really close to getting Debian working on an IBM 44P-170 workstation.
I made a combined boot/root image. The kernel is 2.4.18 from kernel.org, while the root image is from Debian. I used the default power3 config file (power3_defconfig). Root image: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/root.bin 02-Apr-2002 I download the boot/root image from Open Firmware via BOOTP. It starts up the installation routine. I am able to successfully partition/format the hard drive. However, if I try to install via NFS I get the following error message: "Error mounting NFS filesystem, 'server:/path', please try again." I know NFS is working, because I am able to mount from other systems. If I try to install via HTTP/FTP it will successfully download rescue.bin and drivers.tgz; however I get the following error messages: "Unable to mount the Rescue Floppy." "The attempt to extract Rescue Floppy failed." "Installation of the file '/tmp/rescue.bin' failed." Why is rescue.bin even required at this point? Are these known issues? Do I need to submit a bug? Is there a way I can work around the problem? Any help will be appreciated. Rolf -- Rolf Brudeseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] pSeries System Engineering & Integration, IBM Enterprise Systems Group Austin, TX, Phone: 512-838-6558 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
