Subject: Re: RS/6000 F50: there is hope for us...?
From: Chih-Chang Hsieh (cch@cc.kmu.edu.tw)
Date: Sun Aug 27 2000 - 19:26:48 MDT
"Thomas T. Soares" wrote：
> Chih-Chang Hsieh wrote:
>
> > We have an IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 workstation, but fail to install
> > YDL Linux (CS 1.2) on it.
> >
> > sym53c8xx_reset: pid=0 reset_flags=2 serial_number=1
> > serial_number_at_timeout=1
> > ... (repeated with new serial_number)
>
> How could be possible my RS/6000 7025 F50 has a NCR 53c825 if it
> is the exact same model than yours?
I think it is very possible. Have you tried the YDL boot floppy?
> Jonathan Belson <jon@dookie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Heh heh. Yes, this is a well-known problem. My solution was
> > to install Debian.
>
> Can I use Debian with the F50 RS/6000??
>
AFAIK, Debian 2.2r is not yet well support PowerPC CHRP.
Its rescue.bin seems not worked. Has anyone tried it out?
Its kernel
(http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato//main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/linux)
works, but can not drive floppy :(
(Though this is mentioned in
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/install.en.txt)
i.e. it can not load needed drivers from another floppy.
If the kernel can not drive SCSI and NIC, we can not go any further.
-- Name: Chih-Chang Hsieh (謝志昌) MailTo: cch@cc.kmu.edu.tw Tel: +886-7-3121101 ext 2184 or 2290 Fax: +886-7-3133807 Org: KMU Computer Center [高醫電算中心] Kaohsiung, Taiwan
This archive was generated by hypermail 2a24 : Sun Aug 27 2000 - 19:30:17 MDT