Hi all!
I want to install Debian GNU/Linux on an IBM RS/6000, model E20. The problem is
that I don't have access to technical data about this machine. Oh, and the
machine does not have a graphics card :-).
Right now I have a serial console working. I have used the "current" PReP boot
disks fr
>>> Shawn D'Alimonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 16.10.2001 13.55 Uhr >>>
On Tuesday 16 October 2001 04:44, Benny Siegert wrote:
> > Does anyone know what could cause this problem? I can supply a
> > complete boot log if you wish.
>
> Not sure about
>>> Olaf Hering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 22.10.2001 22.01 Uhr >>>
> On Fri, Oct 19, Benny Siegert wrote:
>
>> Okay, now I have got some boot messages, but they do not look very
>> good :-( (see attached file). It seems the linux kernel on the boot
>>
Sorry, forgot the attachment.
regards,
Benny Siegert.
rs6000-3
Description: Binary data
Hello!
>>> Shaun Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03.12.2001 04.36 Uhr >>>
> I have been trying to get woody to boot on my RS/6000 43P. The default
> ISO for potato seemed to work except for one of the SCSI drivers. I found
> that using SYM53C8xx driver instead of the NCR53C8xx driver cleared up
> th
>>> Shaun Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03.12.2001 15.56 Uhr >>>
> If you would like a cross compile environment you can go to
> http://linuxhost.cc/~shaun/powerpc.tar.gz and that has the build
> environment we use at work.
Thank you very much! I'm downloading it right now. In fact, we only
have an
Hello!
>>> Russell Hires <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04.12.2001 14.30 Uhr >>>
> I want to record this xmon info to a file, which I tried, but it didn't save.
Maybe the program sends ist output to stderr? Have you tried "xmon foo bar 2>&1
> myfile"?
--benny.
Hello!
>>> Kovacs Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04.12.2001 17.54 Uhr >>>
> I am trying to install debian (sid/woody/potato whichever works) on
> an RS/6000 43P-140 IBm powerpc box with a 604e 333MHz processor.
>
> I only have a serial terminal, and the ppc does not have a video card.
[...]
> Alw
Hi!
>>> Kovacs Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05.12.2001 20.29 Uhr >>>
On Wed Dec 5 09:48:20 2001 Benny Siegert wrote:
>> I also had exactly the same problem. For me, it worked when using a
>> 2.4 kernel. Do not even _try_ to use a 2.2 kernel with a RS/6000.
>>> Shaun Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06.12.2001 17.36 Uhr >>>
> The only questions that remain in my mind are: Is this a common
> problem when installing on RS/6000? Should someone try to make a
> set of boot images specificly for the older RS/6000 systems?
That would be a great help for RS/6K
Hello!
>>> Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 26.01.2002 18.51 Uhr >>>
>> > my PowerMac G4.
>> > On the CD's I found binutils-m68k but I guess I also need a compiler-
>> > and a library package
> No library required for kernel compiles.
>> > (The installed compiler complaints about -ffixed-a2
>>> Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18.02.2002 23.37 Uhr >>>
> How about a B50? I found a website at
> http://adequat.c2a.fr/linux/howtos/rs6000, but it does not work. The kernel
> seems to unzip and it gets to a point that says booting...
> If anyone has this working and is willing to share a
Oh, I reply to myself :-)
>>> "Benny Siegert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 19.02.2002 11.54 Uhr >>>
> Don't know about the E30 or the B50, but I have an E20 here. Do you
[...]
>
> If you want, I have a 2.4.17 kernel with Ramdisk and SCSI support.
> Howe
>>> christian mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02.03.2002 12.31 Uhr >>>
> > Alas, I have lost most of the RS/6000 kernel files in a hard disk crash,
> > so I do not have the config file for this kernel. The driver that fails is
> > the one under CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2. The other 53C8XX drivers
> > av
(someone else
on this list had problems with it on a Motorola PReP box).
Today, I made some experiments with the linuxppc-2_4-devel (bitkeeper)
tree. But the disk would not even boot :-(.
If you want, I can send you one of my kernels for testing. It would be
interesting to see if you have any success.
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