Re: x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-19 Thread Adrian Phillips
> "Gerald" == Gerald Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gerald> Thanks for the info, I'll keep Kingston in mind but for a Gerald> while 256MB should be fine (if I can get this machine Gerald> running, it'll be a web server - eventually with a Gerald> database running on it...

Re: x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-19 Thread Gerald Turner
To anyone who might be reading this thread: I really need some help getting this RS/6000 F40 (7025) to boot linux, see my last couple paragraphs. On 19 Nov 1999, Adrian Phillips wrote: > > > "Gerald" == Gerald Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Gerald> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Alberto

Re: x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-19 Thread Adrian Phillips
> "Gerald" == Gerald Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gerald> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Alberto Varesio wrote: >> Gerald Turner wrote: > > Forget my first question - a friend of >> mine tugged hard enough on the > plastic ediface to get the >> case open! Yes, sometimes you have

Re: x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-18 Thread Gerald Turner
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Alberto Varesio wrote: > Gerald Turner wrote: > > > > Forget my first question - a friend of mine tugged hard enough on the > > plastic ediface to get the case open! > Yes, sometimes you have to be rude! > > > > What I found was: > > > > A single PPC module @ 166Mhz (damn!)

Re: x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-18 Thread Alberto Varesio
Gerald Turner wrote: > > Forget my first question - a friend of mine tugged hard enough on the > plastic ediface to get the case open! Yes, sometimes you have to be rude! > > What I found was: > > A single PPC module @ 166Mhz (damn!) Maybe you can add another one ... sure it is not a 233 ? >

Re: x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-17 Thread Gerald Turner
Forget my first question - a friend of mine tugged hard enough on the plastic ediface to get the case open! What I found was: A single PPC module @ 166Mhz (damn!) 2 x 128MB RAM chips (256MB total) Onboard Symbios SCSI controller SCSI card with 3 Adaptec 788x chips 3com 3c905 ethernet card (in add

x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-17 Thread Gerald Turner
As I've tried to say in the subject, I'm familliar with Debian on intel machines well enough, but I've just received an IBM RS/6000 Model F40 (PPC [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and am looking for some pointers to get this box going... Two questions: 1) How to open the case?! I'd really like to find out wha