German, Actually, it is a very good question. It took me a while to figure out. However, you may not have seen the problem I am describing below.
I set up an RS/6000 43P-150 running SuSE 7.3 as my BOOTP/tftp server: elas27:~ # cat /etc/bootptab elas23:\ ht=ethernet:\ ha=000629040055:\ bf=zImage.initrd.chrp-rs6k:\ ip=9.3.52.88:\ sm=255.255.255.224:\ bs=auto elas27:~ # ls -l /tftpboot -rwxr-xr-x 1 rolfb users 2689856 May 13 13:29 zImage.initrd.chrp-rs6k So why does this work? Should it not be: bf=/tftpboot/zImage.initrd.chrp-rs6k:\ Well, unlike other BOOTP server that I have used before, this one had /tftpboot hardcoded as root. Therefore, while I was investigating what I thought was an Open Firmware problem, I was really trying to boot from: /tftpboot/tftpboot/zImage.initrd.chrp-rs6k Then all you have to do on the target machine is to issue the following command from Open Firmware (console optional): 0> boot net console=ttyS0 I created the install boot/root image as follows: $ mv root.bin ramdisk.image.gz $ mv ramdisk.image.gz /usr/src/linux/arch/ppc/boot/images $ make zImage.initrd Rolf -- Rolf Brudeseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] pSeries System Engineering & Integration, IBM Enterprise Systems Group Austin, TX, Phone: 512-838-6558 German Poo Caaman~o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/15/2002 03:47:54 PM To: Rolf Brudeseth/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Woody installation on IBM 44P-170 - really close El mié, 15-05-2002 a las 12:53, Rolf Brudeseth escribió: > > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:41:54PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > >> 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 > > No, I actually used: > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/images-1.44/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. Excuse me if my question is stupid, but, how did you boot your machine? Thanks in advance, -- German Poo Caaman~o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ubiobio.cl/~gpoo/chilelindo.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
