does debian-installer support iSeries?
I'm about to (within the next 2 weeks) attempt to install Linux on a friend's development iSeries for testing. I have a copy of the SuSE 7.1 distro reported to work but I'd much rather use Debian. I'm a hard-core Debian user and also in the NM queue working to become a developer. Based on the research I've done, it seems I can use the SuSE boot disks to jumpstart a debian-powerpc installation *by hand*. I feel confident I could take this route or even install SuSE and use debootstrap to get a working system. A Debian native installer would be ideal however. Can anyone report whether iSeries is supported by the debian installer yet? If not, I'll consider porting it provided I can get proper access to the host system. -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com/ Business Automation Specialists UNIX, Linux and Java Training signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: apple_modem_detritus_tsunami
On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 00:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > May 8 23:30:03 ibian chat[5115]: expect (CONNECT) > May 8 23:30:03 ibian chat[5115]: ^M > May 8 23:30:04 ibian chat[5115]: > May 8 23:30:04 ibian chat[5115]: > ATDT5143501638^M~^Bvvw > May 8 23:30:04 ibian chat[5115]: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^ > snip > > Obviously this isn't working. I can't believe i'm the only person using an > apple modem > in an icebook dual usb. > Several hours of googling yielded only the ATM0L0 trick which evidently does > not work. > Perhaps someone could tell me from where this logging is taking place and a > way to send > it to /dev/null.This would be a temporary fix. I do not have a powerpc system running (yet) so my experience is mainly from running debian-i386 systems. That said... The log you show us is (presumably) from your PPP chat session. The last line, just before the 'garbage' in your logs says "expect (CONNECT)". That means the chat program is looking for the string "CONNECT" in what it gets from the modem - otherwise it logs everything up to that point. I don't see the "CONNECT" string anywhere in the logfile snippet you posted. Does your PPP connection even work when this is happening? It would seem to me that chat will either be waiting indefinitely OR timeout unless it sees "CONNECT". I wouldn't expect your PPP to work. Maybe you can try removing the line in your chatscript that says "CONNECT" on it? That will at least make it so chat won't look for that string. -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com/ Business Automation Specialists UNIX, Linux and Java Training
Re: Need recommendation for tape drive for new G4
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 21:34, Brendan J Simon wrote: > 3) Exabyte Ecrix 33/66 Internal Tape Drive. I have 3 of these myself and a number in the field with clients in daily use. > Are these supported by linux? yes. > Is anyone using them and how do they rate? We're very happy with them. I feel they're the best deal for the money. > Any other recommendations for tape drives to be used with Debian > GNU/Linux??? I've used DAT/DDS with Linux and Solaris. I prefer the VXA Ecrix units. I found DDS to be unreliable but have had few problems with VXA. > This is for a small company and the quality of the backups is extremely > important, so I'm not after cheap and nasty. All of our VXA drives are installed at small companies, most running Linux. Not only do they reliably backup daily but we have never had a failed restore. -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com/ Business Automation Specialists UNIX, Linux and Java Training
Re: Need recommendation for SCSI card
On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 00:28, Brendan J Simon wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good solid SCSI card that works with Linux and > tape backaups. I don't have powerpc hardware (yet) so I can only speak on my x86 + scsi experiences (note e-double's recent issues!)... We almost exclusively use Adaptec scsi controllers in our Linux/OpenBSD boxen. I have had good luck with various models from 1542s through recent 7xxx both on-board and add-on controllers. I can't say I've had any bad experiences with adaptec controllers - certainly not recently. As for tape drives, we mainly use Ecrix VXA with good results. We have 3 drives in house and a bunch with clients in the field. My experiences with DAT were acceptable but I do prefer VXA. We have only used single-drive units to date. I have not used robots or the rack-pack thingy although I can forsee a need down the road. > Is there any advantage to going to an external drive (besides > portability of the device). for me it's mainly portability. I can move the drive to another system if necessary. Note that I generally do not move drives around and the extra power cord and large, oddly-shaped case can be a PITA or at least add to the rat nest of cabling. For clients we recommend internal drives to keep things neat. If you're cool with external, you may consider the firewire VXA drive. I haven't used one yet but am considering it for our next client. good luck, -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com/ Business Automation Specialists UNIX, Linux and Java Training
Re: Installing Debian on iSeries
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 11:35, Christian Lugo wrote: > I read a post in a Debian PowerPC mailing list where you ask if the > installation of Debian is possible. I'm CCing the list so others can comment/benefit. > I'm in the same situation now (wondering if it can be done :-), I read > some post from people that actually have done it. I too have found some posts. I'm sure it's possible. I get the impression that it will require some manual work to get running today. I don't think the stock PPC debian installer works on iSeries. My impression is that we can get any stock powerpc distro to work as long as we have an iSeries compatible kernel. That is to say that AFAIK, the only custom, iSeries-specific software we need should be the kernel. > And I will like to ask you some tips for the installation or where can I > find more information. I'm actually just on the cusp of working on this. Just last week my partners & I took the time to get an old copy of SuSE 7.1 running on our development iSeries. It works. Within the next week or so, I expect to attempt to port debootstrap and possibly debian-installer within this SuSE system. My goal will be to build a powerpc netinst image with an iSeries-specific kernel. Obviously, my hope is to improve Debian installation on iSeries in general as opposed to just getting it to work on this one system. If your goal is to just get Debian on one system, I think you can get away with using the SuSE boot media to bring up an initrd system and manually perform the debian installer steps. I'll let you know how I progress and I'd be happy to trade tips and experiences. good luck, -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com Custom Internet and Computer Solutions Linux, UNIX, Java Training signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Antwort: Installing Debian
On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 10:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have modified the Debian Installer to run on iSeries. > > With this tool you can install Debian 3.0 on iSeries using > the installer menu. This way it is possible to setup from > Debian CD or direct from internet. > > Let me know if you are interested in this stuff. I'm very interested in this. I was planning to attempt my own port. If you can post URLs and/or patches that would be great! I'd be happy to test your installer as I would have had to test my own anyways. -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com Custom Internet and Computer Solutions Linux, UNIX, Java Training
Re: CFP (Call for Participation) Debian PPC64
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:06, Leigh Brown wrote: > Apparently so, but pSeries boxes should also be supported. AFAIK, iSeries is also 64bit. -joe -- Innovation Software Group, LLC - http://www.innovationsw.com Custom Internet and Computer Solutions Linux, UNIX, Java Training
