Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-30 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 10:18:55PM +0100, Sandy Elaut wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Sven Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: zondag 27 november 2005 21:22 > To: Kurt De Pauw > Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Qu

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-28 Thread Christian Walther
Hi Sandy, I remember that I had problems specifying the correct values for a boot net, too. That's why I "hardcoded" all values in NVRAM. On startup, when the keyboard is initialized, you either press F1 if your box is equipped with a supported graphics adaptor, or 1, when you're using a serial co

RE: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Sandy Elaut
ECTED] Sent: zondag 27 november 2005 21:22 To: Kurt De Pauw Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 08:15:26PM +0100, Kurt De Pauw wrote: > Christian, > > I downloaded your kernel and write it with rewrite to a flo

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 08:15:26PM +0100, Kurt De Pauw wrote: > Christian, > > I downloaded your kernel and write it with rewrite to a floppy. > When doing boot floppy, it read for a second the Floppy and does nothing. > then > I downloaded your kernel en the initrd.gz. > and installed tftpd32 ( f

RE: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Kurt De Pauw
r 2005 14:09 To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question Hi there, AFAIK the Kernel version 2.6 doesn't support this box. There are numerous patches that might work with versions up to 2.6.7, but I was unlike booting with such a kernel. My F

RE: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Sandy Elaut
Sven, Indeed ... when I do boot cdrom it reads the cdrom for 3 seconds, and then stops !! > Nope. The F40 is a PReP machine that comes in single and dual PPC604 > flavors. It's the last PReP machine in its series (the F50 is a CHRP > PPC604 machine). Ah, ... That means that IBM PReP are p

RE: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Kurt De Pauw
TECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: zondag 27 november 2005 6:01 To: Sandy Elaut Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question >>>>> "Sandy" == Sandy Elaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandy> Tried both images .

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 02:09:16PM +0100, Christian Walther wrote: > Hi there, > > AFAIK the Kernel version 2.6 doesn't support this box. There are > numerous patches that might work with versions up to 2.6.7, but I was > unlike booting with such a kernel. Mmm, do you have an idea what the exact

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-27 Thread Christian Walther
Hi there, AFAIK the Kernel version 2.6 doesn't support this box. There are numerous patches that might work with versions up to 2.6.7, but I was unlike booting with such a kernel. My F40 runs on a - still patched - 2.4.22 kernel. You'll definetely need to netboot the machine, I'm pretty certain th

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 09:00:31PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Sandy" == Sandy Elaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sandy> Tried both images ... still no luck. Not booting from the > Sandy> CD's, it only comes into AIX. > > Sandy> [...deleted...] > > Sandy> I've read

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 06:27:29PM -0500, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > Sven Luther declared on Saturday 26 November 2005 16:06: > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 08:44:49PM +0100, Kurt De Pauw wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Hi, i think you are Digger_RS6000 which i saw on irc, right ? > > > > > First of all I

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Shyamal Prasad
> "Sandy" == Sandy Elaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sandy> Tried both images ... still no luck. Not booting from the Sandy> CD's, it only comes into AIX. Sandy> [...deleted...] Sandy> I've read about installing the kernel on the Server first, Sandy> but they all explain

RE: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Sandy Elaut
at I don't have a Linux system over here. -Original Message- From: Patrick Finnegan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: zondag 27 november 2005 0:27 To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question Sven Luther declared on Saturday 26 N

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Patrick Finnegan
Sven Luther declared on Saturday 26 November 2005 16:06: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 08:44:49PM +0100, Kurt De Pauw wrote: > > Hello, > > Hi, i think you are Digger_RS6000 which i saw on irc, right ? > > > First of all I would like to tell you that I'm not a linux guru, nor > > do I have a linux syst

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 08:44:49PM +0100, Kurt De Pauw wrote: > Hello, Hi, i think you are Digger_RS6000 which i saw on irc, right ? > First of all I would like to tell you that I'm not a linux guru, nor do I > have a linux system running @ this very moment. > > I have bought myself a IBM RS/60

Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-26 Thread Kurt De Pauw
Hello,   First of all I would like to tell you that I’m not a linux guru, nor do I have a linux system running @ this very moment.   I have bought myself a IBM RS/6000 F40 Server , with 2 storage cabinets.   On this server I would like to install Debian.   I downloaded all kind of v