Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

[Juergen Braun]

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:02, nicolas wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:30, Juergen Braun wrote:
> > > What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from
> > > the initial ramdisk?
> > > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0
> > Found it myself:
> > Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0
> > 
> > Will try now to install, but I guess, that it will fail , cause the scsi
> > controller hasn't been detected.
> > 
> > jaybe
> 
> With debian installer, the hardware are discovered later, and the boot
> messages like you/copy paste are not important for hardware support.
> Just go through the install process to the detect hardware and partition
> hard drive? You'll see if your card is detected or not
When I choose "guided partitioning", I got this menu, but can't select
any harddisk. So I guess, that the installer hasn't found my scsi
controller.


                    +ÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ [!!] Partition disks +ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ+
                    |                                     |
                    | Disk space to partition:            |
                    |                                     |
                    |  Manually edit partition table      |
                    |                                     |
                    |     <Go Back>                       |
                    |                                     |
                    +ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ+

BTW, what Debian package do I have to install to get an linux8x8 font
for konsole?

jaybe

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