Re: ppc memory

2003-12-18 Thread tom_gall
On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 08:11 AM, florian klinglmueller wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 what do you mean with same type (size, manufacturer,pins,...?) sorry that i dont have a clue about hardware. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14870 There are a

Re: ppc memory

2003-12-18 Thread tom_gall
Hi Florian, You don't have to use apple memory. As long as you install the *SAME* type of memory you'll be fine. When I upgrade the memory in my pismo this is what I did with great success. Regards, Tom On Thursday, December 18, 2003, at 07:47 AM, florian klinglmueller wrote: ---

Re: Re : Debian on a BiG5

2003-12-01 Thread tom_gall
On Monday, December 1, 2003, at 03:45 AM, xavier grave wrote: Le 28.11.2003 21:06:38, fleny68 a écrit : Le Vendredi 28 Novembre 2003 15:16, xavier grave a écrit : > Hi, > > I have already a BiG4 1Ghz running a debian. Now I have also a BiG5. > How can I create a CD to boot such a beast ? This

Re: CFP (Call for Participation) Debian PPC64

2003-11-11 Thread tom_gall
On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Leigh Brown wrote: Albert Cahalan said: On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 22:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thankfully this is not a huge undertaking as the goal is not to create an end to end 64 bit system. (Tho that could be done, but perhaps that's a discu

Re: CFP (Call for Participation) Debian PPC64

2003-11-11 Thread tom_gall
Greets, On Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 08:00 AM, Albert Cahalan wrote: On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 22:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thankfully this is not a huge undertaking as the goal is not to create an end to end 64 bit system. (Tho that could be done, but perhaps that's a discussion for a

CFP (Call for Participation) Debian PPC64

2003-11-10 Thread tom_gall
Greetings, There seems to be a number of folks that are interested in making a PPC64 version of Debian a reality. As such it's time to get organized and make it happen, especially now that prices on PowerPC64 systems are coming down so mere mortals can afford them. Thankfully this is not a

Re: Debian on RS/6000 B50

2001-02-23 Thread tom_gall
German Poo Caaman~o wrote: > > Christophe Suire wrote: > > I have install a Debian 2.2rev2 on a B50 using the kernel of YellowDog > > How did you do it? > > The only kernel that boot on my RS/6000 44P 170 comes from SuSE. > But the install process die when it try to partition the disk. Hi Germa

Re: Help with a RS6k 7024 E20

2000-08-29 Thread tom_gall
Adrian Dascalu wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > Searching the net for specs on RS/6000 7024 E20 is the first time I here that > it > might be PReP. On the other hand loading (via TFTP) PReP images it just (:-)) > ) > hangs while CHRP images generate error ! 0001000A ... Also, it tries to boot > PReP > f

ISO Images of Debian PPC?

2000-08-29 Thread tom_gall
Hi All, This is probably a stupid question on my part so please forgive me but I was looking through the ftp archives of the powerpc portion of the debian ftp site this weekend but I never saw any CD ISO images. Are there any that a fella might be able to download? I'd like to get ahold of one s

Re: Help with a RS6k 7024 E20

2000-08-29 Thread tom_gall
Adrian Dascalu wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone ANY experience booting linux on IBM RS/6000 model 7024 E20 ? > > Best of my knowlidge this is a: > CHRP > proprietary OF (no prompt!) > capabila de RIPL Hi Adrian, I don't know that the E20 is CHRP... I would rather suspect it might b

Re: RS/6000 installation woes

2000-07-13 Thread tom_gall
Matthew Davis wrote: > > Hey all. > > I am trying for the first time to install Debian Potato on a 4-way IBM > F50. I made the rescue.bin and root.bin disks, and I burned a cd with > all the other necessities (base2_2.tgz, drivers.tgz, etc). I am having > trouble right off the bat however, as I

RS6K support? WAS: Re: Linux for PPC

2000-04-10 Thread tom_gall
Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > is potato powerpc ready for cd images ? Actually on a related Note, who all is running on RS6K hardware? and more importantly what models do you have working? Thanks for any info! -- Hakuna Matata! |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) Tom

Re: Linux on a RS/6000 with PowerPC and MCA

2000-04-07 Thread tom_gall
Aaron Burt wrote: > Third, the MCA RS/6000 machines have come up many times. Linux currently > does not run on these machines. There is MCA support in the x86 branch, > and its author tried to make it endian-neutral, but apparently the MCA in > RS/6000 machines is rather more complicated and undo