Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-20 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:39:01PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:14:22PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > > > > > > I am surprised that none of the Debian ppc kernel wizards have made 32 > and > > > 64 bit IBM PREP & CHRP precompiled kernels available at the

Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-20 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 12:39:01PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: :Long term, what exactly does Debian need to support the IBM CHRP/PREP :hardware? Is it enough for IBM to add precompiled kernels, of the :correct level with the appropriate hardware support, to their external :Linux web site for Debi

Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-20 Thread Rolf Brudeseth
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:14:22PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > > > > I am surprised that none of the Debian ppc kernel wizards have made 32 and > > 64 bit IBM PREP & CHRP precompiled kernels available at the Debian ftp > > site. If I had such kernels then I could easily test the latest ver

Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-20 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:14:22PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: :However, I have not yet tested this, but I believe the steps are as follows :(in addition to BOOTP kernel config): If I can get a netbootable kernel, I'm well on my way. I've written an NFS based installer for the ia32 systems in t

Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-20 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Chris Tillman così ha scritto: |From: Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org |Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:38:35 -0700 |Subject: Re: IBM chrp net boot... | | |Bad news, Rolf. I think you _are_ the aforementioned wizards. | Hop

Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-19 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:14:22PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > > I am surprised that none of the Debian ppc kernel wizards have made 32 and > 64 bit IBM PREP & CHRP precompiled kernels available at the Debian ftp > site. If I had such kernels then I could easily test the latest version of > boo

Re: IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-19 Thread Rolf Brudeseth
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IBM chrp net boot...

2003-03-19 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, I'm about ready to tack a crack at Debian on my p655's again. Reading Rolf's HOWTO at http://www.personalized-story-book.com/debian/Woody_ibm_chrp_net_inst_HOWTO.html still leaves me with (atleast) one problem, the instructions require a PowerPC Linux system to build the kernel/ramdisk. I d