Am Freitag, 7. Januar 2005 14:47 schrieb Anton Blanchard: > Hi, > > > There's a 64-bit tftp installer image based on kernel 2.6.10 here: > > > > http://debian.gonicus.de/debian/dists/sarge/main/binary-powerpc/pseries.i > >mg > > > > Since most installer packages are not "official" yet, you've to continue > > the net installation by choosing the mirror manually to sound > > "debian.gonicus.de". This mirror doesn't keep a complete mirror yet, so > > you'll run into an error after partitioning. Choose an official mirror > > after that, and it will continue. > > > > I've no idea if it works with these blades... > > I just tried it on my POWER3 box. You dont happen to have > CONFIG_POWER4_ONLY enabled do you? That option enables some minor > optimisations that actually prevent booting on older boxes.
This option is enabled because the kernel was targeted to IBM pseries systems which have POWER(4/4+/5) processors. I've disabled this in the config now, but will rebuild the kernel on the next build cycle since this is somewhat time consuming. Will trop you a message. Cheers, Cajus
