On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 04:42:30PM +0200, Bianchi Michele wrote: > > hi! i'm trying to install debian on a ibm 44p 270 machine. it is a power3 > 64bit machine (any other details needed?). i saw that suse support it, but > they says to use kernel 2.4 > as i understood the boot disks of woody are based on 2.2 kernel, and i get a > "catch default" error from the openfirmware. > does anyone know if it is available a boot disk with 2.4.x kernel? > i'm trying to upgrade the openfirmware, cos i read on a netbsd faq that error > could be caused by an old firmware. i'm trying to understand how to cross > compile a kernel from a i386 machine for a ppc64, could be good? > > any ideas?
I don't think the kernel is your problem. OpenFirmware should be able to load either kernel the same. Did you make floppies, or are you installing from CD? Are you using potato? Woody would be better. We don't have a the 44P in our list of successful prep installations, but I assume it's a prep architecture. If you're successful, be sure to let us know so we can add it to the list. Did you look at the prep install instructions in the most recent woody install manual (link in my .sig)? There was some recent work done. Also check these list archives at lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc for recent PReP discussions. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
