On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 08:13:36AM -0400, Jean-Sebastien Pilon wrote: > Thank you for your answer. So " > http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer-64bit-2"; is what I > should use as the IPL stream file ?
Or boot it directly from the of with : boot enet:<server-ip>,debian-installer-64bit-2,<client-ip> One additional step is needed, you need to enable a getty on the hvc0 console in inttab, or you will not be able to access it. Friendly, Sven Luther > -----Original Message----- > From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:25 PM > To: Jean-Sebastien Pilon > Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Debian on POWER5 > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:55:48AM -0400, Jean-Sebastien Pilon wrote: > > Hi list! > > > > Is there anyone with experience using Debian on i5 LPARS? > > > > I am starting to deploy a part of our infrastructure on the i5 soon > and > > I need to gather as much information as possible. > > > > I got training from IBM for running Linux on i5, but they promote Suse > > Enterprise and Redhat, which does not serve our interests. > > > > Any hints would be appreciated. > > I did a debian/etch install on JS21 blades yesterday. There are some > glitches, > but right now you should try : > > 1) get http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer-64bit-2 > 2) put it on your tftp server or wherever and boot it. > 3) the install should go glitchless until yaboot-installer. > 4) after the yaboot-installer failure, go to the menu, and into a > shell. > 5) chroot into /target > 6) edit yaboot.conf, erase the device= line, the magicboot= line. > 7) add append="console=hvc0 root=/dev/sda2" to the image entries. > 8) save yaboot.conf and run ybin. > 9) exit the chroot, exit the shell, don't install yaboot but continue > without bootloader (two menu items lower). > 10) reboot, and enjoy ... > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > > NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is > intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the > named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this > transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. > > AVIS: Le pr?sent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privil?gi?e > et confidentielle et n?est destin? qu'? la personne ? qui il est adress?. Si > vous n??tes pas le destinataire pr?vu, vous ?tes par les pr?sentes avis?s que > toute diffusion, distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est > strictement interdite.? Si vous avez re?u ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en > aviser imm?diatement l?exp?diteur et le supprimer de votre syst?me. Notez que > la transmission de courriel ne peut en aucun cas ?tre consid?r? comme > inviolable ou exempt d?erreur puisque les informations qu?il contient > pourraient ?tre intercept?s, corrompues, perdues, d?truites, arriv?es en > retard ou incompl?tes ou contenir un virus. ? > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
