Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000

2005-09-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Hi, On Friday 09 September 2005 17:08, Gentoo Shadow wrote: > Dear friends, > > i have a old RS/6000(43P Model 150 Type: 7043-150) machine. this is 1st > time i see a such machine. so i don't know how to start to install it... > any now i need to install Gentoo 2005.1. so if any body know how to a

Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000

2005-09-09 Thread Covington, Chris
> noo. don't let the similarity in name fool you. wouldn't hurt to > try, but i'd be VERY surprised if it works (for instance, the powerpc > version of aix won't boot one of those and vice-versa) It should work fine: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IBM7248-HOWTO/ --- Chris Covington IT Plus O

Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000

2005-09-09 Thread John Jolet
On Friday 09 September 2005 10:30, Michael Crute wrote: > On 9/9/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there is no "bios" as such on those boxes. I think the 43p was a POWER > > architecture box, wasn't it? I don't know of any linux that will install > > on > > a POWER architecture box. In

Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000

2005-09-09 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/9/05, John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: there is no "bios" as such on those boxes.  I think the 43p was a POWERarchitecture box, wasn't it?  I don't know of any linux that will install on a POWER architecture box.  In addition, it uses microchannel, not pci (unlessi'm getting my models mix

Re: [gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000

2005-09-09 Thread John Jolet
there is no "bios" as such on those boxes. I think the 43p was a POWER architecture box, wasn't it? I don't know of any linux that will install on a POWER architecture box. In addition, it uses microchannel, not pci (unless i'm getting my models mixed up). On Friday 09 September 2005 10:08, G

[gentoo-user] install Gentoo Linux on RS/6000

2005-09-09 Thread Gentoo Shadow
Dear friends, i have a old RS/6000(43P Model 150 Type: 7043-150) machine. this is 1st time i see a such machine. so i don't know how to start to install it... any now i need to install Gentoo 2005.1. so if any body know how to access the bios or how to start to install from a cd. please guide me.-