On Monday 03 January 2005 15:30, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 09:07:31AM -0500, Mike Martin wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > What exact machine do you have again ? > > > > An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz.
I suppose you meen 233 Mhz ? > > Well, prep_pci.c does know about : > > IBM RS/6000 7043-240 (ibm_doral) > IBM RS/6000 7024-E30 > > As far as IBM boxes are concerned. Doe the -140 have stuff in common with > leigh's -240 (the -140 being mono-cpu while the -240 being dual ?). More different than that, 140 is more recent. But works fine with Debian woody.(sorry Sven...) > > > [snip] > > > > > set <minor> <flag> <on|off> > > > > > > minor is the partition, starting at 1, flag is the flag, (prep in this > > > case) and on|off is obvious. > > > > > > It simply sets the prep flag, which is then translated as a 0x41 > > > partition type. I think this is a deficiency in the parted/libparted > > > API, but well, there is not much we can do about that unless a major > > > libparted change. > > > > Cool. That's good to know. > > It was added recently though. > > > > Yep, d-i uses devfs, still partitions start at 1. > > > > Ok. Oops > > > > > > I see how much more time I can buy with this machine. It may need to > > > > go back into storage this week if I can't make it run. Not fun. > > > > > > What about donating it to debian or something such ? > > > > I'd love to however it's not mine to donate. It's the companies (They > > have 2 actually, I might try the other one since it has slightly > > different hardware). > > Well, you could argue that donating one might make the other one usefull :) > > > The problem is: at work, I can't netboot. There is no server that will > > respond and I can't set one up. I had the machine at home for the > > holidays and thus can boot it from my LAN. If I can't get it to > > self-boot before I have to take it back to the office - then I'm > > stuck. > > Ok, understandable, still, getting it to netboot would be a first step to > getting it working right later. > > > If I can get it to boot the system (even from floppy or cd) I will > > have it to help test stuff. Otherwise it goes back under the desk > > where it came from. If there is such a deadline, why not consider to install first a woody (many successes exist) then upgrading to sarge after ? > > Understandable too. What is the deadline ? I built a d-i kernel with the > powerstack2 - utah pci irq patch, and it now works fine here. Still some > work is needed, but basically this means i can scratch the disk on the box, > and do some real d-i development, bringing in the partman-prep patch, and > maybe even building a prep-installer that does the needed stuff to make it > self-boot. > > I think you have to give your box back by monday next week though, right ? > this could be too short, but let's see if we can make something happen. > > Right now, there are two issues : > > 1) the kernel may have some irq problems, or some other patching may be > needed. > > 2) partman-prep is not included in d-i. > > 3) there is no automated prep-installer in d-i. > > Watch out on : http://people.debian.org/~luther/prep for uploads i make. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther
