Re: [rplu] Re: Installing Debian on P43-140

2004-09-08 Thread Juergen Braun
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 06:40, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Juergen Braun writes: > > > debian stable installation [...] kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc > > The kernel image in this package is an uncompressed ELF file (called > vmlinux), while you need a compressed

Installing Debian on P43-140

2004-09-07 Thread Juergen Braun
On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 07:23, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Juergen Braun writes: > > > The stock debian kernel didn't work, > > Which one was that? Could you try the new 2.6 based debian-installer, > available for example from > > http://people.debia

Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

2004-09-07 Thread Juergen Braun
On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 09:25, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 03:19:51PM +0200, Juergen Braun wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:02, nicolas wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:30, Juergen Braun wrote: > > > > > What additional parameter must be

Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

2004-09-05 Thread Juergen Braun
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 15:37, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Juergen Braun writes: > > > It looks that the scsi card isn't detected: > > Support for SCSI hardware is built as modules and will be loaded later > in the installation process. Make sure you use a *v

Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

2004-09-05 Thread Juergen Braun
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:02, nicolas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:30, Juergen Braun wrote: > > > What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from > > > the initial ramdisk? > > > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > Found

Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

2004-09-05 Thread Juergen Braun
> What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from > the initial ramdisk? > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 Found it myself: Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 Will try now to install, but I guess, that it will fail , cause the scsi cont

Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

2004-09-05 Thread Juergen Braun
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:05, nicolas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 12:47, Juergen Braun wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem when trying to install Debian on an IBM RS6000 P43-140 > > > > I set up a dhcp/tftp Server (Debian stable, x86) and downloa

Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140

2004-09-05 Thread Juergen Braun
Hello, I have a problem when trying to install Debian on an IBM RS6000 P43-140 I set up a dhcp/tftp Server (Debian stable, x86) and downloaded the file http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd saved this file as /tftpbo