Re: GXT6500P

2012-01-17 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:50:58PM +, Mark Benson wrote: > Another simple question. > > Is Linux (Debian or otherwise) compatible with the GXT6500P graphics card? > > I have one that I have tested as working in AIX 5L on the 9111-285 and it > appears to be 100% working. Booting any Linux dist

GXT6500P

2012-01-17 Thread Mark Benson
Another simple question. Is Linux (Debian or otherwise) compatible with the GXT6500P graphics card? I have one that I have tested as working in AIX 5L on the 9111-285 and it appears to be 100% working. Booting any Linux distro results in yaboot working but either hanging at the next white screen

Re: axiom: please try stripping binary on powerpc again

2012-01-17 Thread Camm Maguire
Greetings! I just did a by hand build of maxima without the strip in sid, and all is well. Will try removing on the next upload of maxima/acl2/axiom/hol88. Is there reason to believe that there was a bug which has now been fixed? Take care, Jonathan Nieder writes: > Jonathan Nieder wrote[1]:

Re: axiom: please try stripping binary on powerpc again

2012-01-17 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Camm Maguire wrote: > Greetings! I just did a by hand build of maxima without the strip in > sid, and all is well. I assume you mean without the NO_STRIP (agh, double negatives). >Will try removing on the next upload of > maxima/acl2/axiom/hol88. Is there reason to beli

Re: Yaboot install problem - IBM 911-285

2012-01-17 Thread Benedikt Wegmann
Hello Mark, Am Dienstag, den 17.01.2012, 14:52 + schrieb Mark Benson: > On 17 Jan 2012, at 14:24, Benedikt Wegmann wrote: > > > a while ago I succeeded in installing Debian 6.0.3 (ppc64) on an IBM > > Power740 via the netinstall image. > > During the setup process it was necessary to update

Re: Yaboot install problem - IBM 911-285

2012-01-17 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 01:58:41PM +, Mark Benson wrote: > I have a new IBM IntelliStation 285 (9111-285) and am trying to install. > Using the latest Debian 6.0.3 DVD or netinstall images. I can setup and > install Debian just fine, but when I hit the yaboot install stage it fails > and rep

Re: Yaboot install problem - IBM 911-285

2012-01-17 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 03:24:09PM +0100, Benedikt Wegmann wrote: > a while ago I succeeded in installing Debian 6.0.3 (ppc64) on an IBM > Power740 via the netinstall image. > During the setup process it was necessary to update the yaboot > bootloader and manually change its configuration. > Once i

Re: Yaboot install problem - IBM 911-285

2012-01-17 Thread Benedikt Wegmann
Hello Mark, a while ago I succeeded in installing Debian 6.0.3 (ppc64) on an IBM Power740 via the netinstall image. During the setup process it was necessary to update the yaboot bootloader and manually change its configuration. Once installed however it runs stable and fast, very fast actually.

Yaboot install problem - IBM 911-285

2012-01-17 Thread Mark Benson
I have a new IBM IntelliStation 285 (9111-285) and am trying to install. Using the latest Debian 6.0.3 DVD or netinstall images. I can setup and install Debian just fine, but when I hit the yaboot install stage it fails and reports no partition of type Apple_Bootstrap found. I used guided partit