RS/6000 43P-140 install
Hi, I am trying to install debian (sid/woody/potato whichever works) on an RS/6000 43P-140 IBm powerpc box with a 604e 333MHz processor. I only have a serial terminal, and the ppc does not have a video card. I have donwloaded several boot floppy images (starting fro Prep to even trying the Suse image) and all of them failed to boot, or maybe it booted but I was unable to see it. I get to the "0 > " prompt where I can type boot floppy and it reads the kernel from the floppy and then prints out things like: loaded at: relocated to: x ... avail ram: 0040 0080 Then: Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 That's where my first problem comes up. I tried both the parameters above and both adding: "console=ttyS0,9600n8" Always the same result: Uncompressing Linux...done. Now booting kernel And that's where it seems to hang. No real sign of booting the kernel. Not only on the serial terminal but I do not hear any voices. I tried to press Enter supposing it only tried to access the other boot disk, but nothing. What to do? Where to look for documentation? What would you suggest? Thanks, Ritschie
Re: Antw: Re: RS/6000 43P-140 install
Hi, On Thu Dec 6 09:18:48 2001 Benny Siegert wrote: > Nor do I :-). Seriously, I haven't got a kernel to fully boot yet. At > some time during my tests, I installed AIX. When I switch on the RS/6K I have a working kernel (2.4.15 with a ppc patch :)! But: What root floppy to use. I downloaded a Prep root.bin and tried to load it, but after the welcome screen (with the Continue button) I do not seem to be able to go on. I mounted the root image, and corrected all references to tty* and set ttyS0 for the main screen because I want to install it from a sreial console. What should I do? What things shouold I look for? Thanks in advance, Ricsi
Re: Antw: Re: RS/6000 43P-140 install
Hi, On Fri Dec 7 11:04:33 2001 Benny Siegert wrote: > That would be a great help for RS/6K users like me :-). I am > volunteering for help -- if I am able to. Anyways, I have succeeded! :) My 43P-140 machine is up and running linux :) Even my dnetc is running. :) I am planning to write a small documentation on this. I'll tell you the link if you are interested. Ricsi
43P-140 install guide
Hi, I have written a small but hopefully informative little guide to installing debian linux on a 43p-140 box. Check it out, your comments are very welcome as I am not an expert in doc writing :) http://www.elte.hu/~krichard/43p-140/index.html Ricsi
Re: RS/6000 43P-140 install?
Hi, On Mon, Mar 04 Chris Tillman wrote: > > Does anyone have any ideas about getting Debian working on an RS/6000 > > 43P-140? I > Browse the list for the last month or so. I don't recall if they had any > success, > but there were people trying. http://caesar.elte.hu/~krichard/43p-140/index.html I succeeded after two weeks of trying. :) Ricsi -- To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time. P. G. Wodehouse: The Heart of the Goof (1926)
Re: IBM RS/6000 43P-240 booting woes...
Hi, On Mon, Mar 18 Michael Gindonis wrote: > At this point the machine is frozen, the front panel displays a code > of =F05= Here I have a 43p-140 machine working fine with linux (http://caesar.elte.hu/~krichard/43p-140/index.html) and it is displaying F05 on its three digit display while running fine. Anybody knows what this 'F05' means? Ricsi
