George Karaolides wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install Debian woody on an IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 using the > latest floppies. > > I'm having very little success so far. The best I've managed is to get a > "Booting:" message from OpenFirmware using the chrc rescue floppy and the > OpenFirmware command > > 0> boot floppy:.\linux.bin root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 > > However, the booting procedure stops after the disk is read, nothing > appears on the screen and the only way to get control of the machine back > is to power it down.
Hi George, None too surprising. You want a kernel compiled as CHRP. Tho one question, is your box an SMP box? If so, make sure SMP is turned on. Otherwise the standard CHRP config in arch/ppc/configs should work just fine. Regards, Tom -- Tom Gall - [Embedded] [ppc|ppc64] Code Monkey Peace, Love and Linux Technology Center "Where's the ka-boom? (h) [EMAIL PROTECTED] supposed to be an earth (w) [EMAIL PROTECTED] shattering ka-boom!" (w) 507-253-4558 -- Marvin Martian http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc
