Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-05-01 Thread Frank Scheiner
Oops, forgot something, see below... On 5/1/19 17:46, Frank Scheiner wrote: In addition to that I also tested with the current kernel in the experimental suite (5.0.0-trunk-powerpc64) ...and with this one I also couldn't reproduce the hangs. So this would be another option for now. No

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-05-01 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Alexandre, sorry for not coming back to you earlier, but I missed the time for a more in-depth look into this matter. On 4/20/19 03:00, Alexandre Bencz wrote: Frank, what PCI cards you 9111-520 has ? I don't have additional cards in my 9111-520. In the meantime I could confirm that my 9131

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-04-19 Thread Alexandre Bencz
Frank, what PCI cards you 9111-520 has ? It have raid controller too ? Alexandre S. Bencz +55 {15} 997-980-511 On 06/04/2019 11:20, Frank Scheiner wrote: Small Update: On 4/6/19 14:51, Frank Scheiner wrote: I will try to check if SP operation makes a difference, if I find out how to disable

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-04-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
Small Update: On 4/6/19 14:51, Frank Scheiner wrote: I will try to check if SP operation makes a difference, if I find out how to disable MP operation, because there doesn't seem to be a SP kernel available for ppc64. Hence I'm also not 100% sure that the installer really operates in SP mode. I

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-04-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
Dear Alexandre, On 3/29/19 23:46, Alexandre Bencz wrote: Hi Frank! Thanks for the awesome explanation!! I tried, using only the DASD of position 1, but an error occurred, the system was trying to detect the other DASDs I will try with other DASDs combination and with other DASDs :) I'm using t

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-03-29 Thread Alexandre Bencz
Hi Frank! Thanks for the awesome explanation!! I tried, using only the DASD of position 1, but an error occurred, the system was trying to detect the other DASDs I will try with other DASDs combination and with other DASDs :) I'm using this version: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/20

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-03-29 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 3/29/19 22:58, Alexandre Bencz wrote: Hi Frank! Thanks... I tried with the last Debian version, and, the system stuck in this: Hm, what kernel version is used here? Because there was an issue with the ipr driver somewhere between 4.17.x and 4.19.x which could be related, see the messages li

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-03-29 Thread Alexandre Bencz
Hi Frank! Thanks... I tried with the last Debian version, and, the system stuck in this: [    2.212497] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [    2.231955] sd 3:255:0:0: [sda] 696975360 512-byte logical blocks: (356 GB/332 GiB) [    2.233857] sd 3:1:8:0: [sdb] 143374000 512-byte logical

Re: debian on eServer 9111-520

2019-03-29 Thread Frank Scheiner
On 3/29/19 15:41, Alexandre Bencz wrote: Hi! It's possible to install debian on ibm 9111-520 machine, with 8 DASDs and raid controller ? Yes, I think so. I remember that it worked for me on a 9131-52A with single disk and the built-in SCSI controller. I also have a 9111-520, but don't remember