x86'er needs help with an rs/6000

1999-11-17 Thread Gerald Turner
. Anybody have one? Can I cross-compile a kernel from an intel box? In the mean time I'm going to get off my lazy butt (just drove an exhausting 1500 miles) and boot this thing to get some more insight - it's probably running AIX or NT (3.51?)... TIA, Gerald Turner http://www.mojavedesign.net/~gturner/

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

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: > &g

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: > &g

RS6K PReP boot?

1999-11-21 Thread Gerald Turner
TECTED] 0fe3bb98: /[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0fe3c0c0: /[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0fe3c6e0: /[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0fdf8150: /[EMAIL PROTECTED] ok TIA, Gerald Turner http://www.mojavedesign.net/~gturner/

Re: RS6K PReP boot?

1999-11-21 Thread Gerald Turner
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote: > > I have been able to get the Linux kernel to boot using the method > > described at Yellow Dog Linux ("OF> boot floppy:,\ZIMAGE"), though it > > hangs after "copy

Re: RS6K PReP boot?

1999-11-21 Thread Gerald Turner
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote: > I've tried booting PReP images several times from floppies and havn't been > able to get anywhere (nothing runs). So now I'm following Matt Porter's > directions for TFTP'ing the PReP image. I've got a TFTP serve

Re: RS6K PReP boot?

1999-11-22 Thread Gerald Turner
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Matt Porter wrote: > On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 09:44:51PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Gerald Turner wrote: > > > You mean add some prom_print() calls to prom_init() right? I need to > > > > Yes. > > > >