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
Well, I later determined that there is a way to a perform the network install without having to compile the zImage.initrd image. You can access the root filesystem via NFS provided that your kernel has network support compiled in and not loaded as a module. However, I have not yet tested this,