On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:23:34PM +0100, Johannes Wischert wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sven Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 02:53:51PM +0100, Johannes Wischert wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sven Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:03:43PM +0100, Johannes Wischert wrote: > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Sven Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > The only thing is that it can not install the bootloader... the > > > > > bootloader > > > > > > > should be copied to /dev/sda1 with dd but since i made automatic > > > > > > > partitioning /dev/sda1 is / and so i don't think this is a good > idea > > > ;) > > > > > but > > > > > > > at least the system works... > > > > > > > > > > > > Which boot loader are you speaking about ? Quik ? Yaboot ? > Something > > > > > > else ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > oh my fault... I don't use a bootloader but i simply copy the kernel > > > zImage > > > > > to /dev/sda1 and the openfirmware boots from that... > > > > > > > > So you would need : > > > > > > > > /dev/sda1 : /boot <- macos or vfat filesystem on it ? > > > > /dev/sda2 : / > > > > > > i don't need a filesystem at all on sda1 since i copy the kernel there > with > > > dd if=zImage.prep of=/dev/sda1 > > > and then i can boot from openfirmware with "boot hdisk" > > > > Ok, you boot directly from the bare disk. > > > > It must be /dev/sda1, right ? > > > I did not test anything else.. but it might perhapse also work with an fat > filesystem or even ntfs since these computers were thought to run windows > nt... > > > > I will check that partman knows about this. What is your box model again > the machines is known under many different names... it's called Motorola > Powerstack 604e most of the time... There exist two versions of it one with > PPCBug firmware and one with OpenFirmware (which I have) as far as i know > you can flash the firm and so change from PPCBug<->OpenFirmware... On PPCBug > ones you can use Yaboot but i'm not completely sure...
Ok, thanks. Any relationship to the so named Carolina PReP boxes ? > > ? Can you send me a /proc/cpuinfo output ? > cpu : 604e > clock : ??? > revision : 2.3 (pvr 0009 0203) > bogomips : 398.95 > machine : PReP Utah (Powerstack II Pro4000) > l2 cache : 512KiB, parity disabled SRAM:synchronous, pipelined, no parity Thanks too. Friendly, Sven Luther
