> Hello > > It sounds good to me. I would like to contribute the rs6k effort on debian. > > We need to get boot floppies which work as soon as possible. Also, we need to > get working install cdroms.
What do you mean by boot floppies? Do you mean the boot-floppies installer or bootable floppies? The former will be replaced by debian-installer on sarge, while the latter is not supported on all RS6000/pSeries systems. Some do not even have floppy drives anymore. I am currently trying to figure out how to make a single CDs that is bootable both on PREP and CHRP (IBM) systems. I have some anecdotal evidence that there is more to it than just pointing to the boot image from Open Firmware and/or setting up the /ppc/bootinfo.txt file correctly. Another issue is the 'prep-boot' and 'generic-boot' switches for the mkisofs command, which are used in creating PREP and CHRP bootable CDs, respectively; are mutually exclusive according to the man page. Rolf -- Rolf Brudeseth [EMAIL PROTECTED] pSeries System Engineering & Integration, IBM Enterprise Systems Group Austin, TX
