On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 06:51:15PM +0100, Patrick wrote: > Apologies for directly replying to you. Was supposed to go to the list > so continuing there. > > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 17:45, Sven Luther wrote: > [snip] > > > Still unsuccessful so my search continues... Afaik the B50 is the same > > > hardware as my 43P-150 so anything that boots on the B50 should boot on > > > > Ah, no it is not, since the B50 has a 604e processor, and you have a > > power3. > > Actually it is a 604e. Check this url: > http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=sm&appname=IBMLinkRedirect&htmlfid=897/ENUS7043-150#Header_14
If you have a 604e, why are you trying to run a power3 kernel ? > [snip] > > can you try the plain kernel from : > > > > > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/power3/2.4.25-2/vmlinuz-2.4.25-power3-chrp-rs6k > > > > or maybe you did already ? > > Yes I did try it already. It loaded fine from the tftp server. I tried > to boot it using this boot line in OpenFirmware: > > boot net:10.0.0.100,,10.0.0.104 load_ramdisk=1 devfs=mount > > This failed so perhaps the issue is related to the way I am trying to > boot this image. get the vmlinuz-2.4.25...-chrp-rs6k, these should work for you. > > > Any idea what am I doing wrong? > > > > No, but maybe the kernel tree i use is not up to it. > > If it boots on the B50, afaik it should boot on the 43P-150 as they are > virtually the same hardware. > > > Tell me again, did you ever get linux to work on that box, and if yes, > > what kernel did you use ? > > Tried many times, never succeeded in getting linux installed. Hopefully > soon :) Ok, will work at it. Friendly, Sven Luther
