RS6000 model 44p 170

2003-04-08 Thread Michael Cameron
lp or assistance greatly appreciated, thanks in advance. Michael Cameron

RE: RS6000 model 44p 170

2003-04-08 Thread Michael Cameron
> >I booted with a kernel image from SuSE. You can download one on: >http://cronos.dci.ubiobio.cl/~gpoo/rs6000/ > >You can boot from network, as howto says. My dhcp configuration >has a section as: > >host power3 { ># Desde el OpenFirmware de IBM 7044-140P: ># 0> boot net console=ttyS0

RE: RS6000 model 44p 170

2003-04-08 Thread Michael Cameron
> >I'm downloading the image from your site just now. I'm not sure what you >mean when you say I can boot from a network, my network here consists of a >couple of laptops and the RS6000, none of which is a boot server. Do you >mean that I could boot from a public server (which is not >appealing)

RE: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Cameron
> All these laptops have built in modems too. > But beware, some are winmodems.

RE: RS6000 model 44p 170

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Cameron
> >I am in the process of updating/simplifying my HOWTO and adding precompiled >kernels that can be downloaded from my web site. If you have a kernel that should work on my system I'd be more than happy to try it, and the updated howto, and provide feedback. Michael Cameron

RE: comparing x86 and powerpc laptops

2003-04-09 Thread Michael Cameron
>> > All these laptops have built in modems too. >> > >> But beware, some are winmodems. > >Not all of them ? > Possibly true, I haven't been shopping for a laptop for a long time though I thought that some Sonys and possibly some Dells had non-winmodems. Perhaps better advice would be to watch ou