Subject: Re: RS/6000 43p-240 issues and questions
From: Steve kurlin (skurlin@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 04:16:37 MDT
What Video Card do you have?
If you can supply the part number or adapter Number (usually a sticker
on the back of the card and is in the form of " 1-P " or something
similar.
I could verify wether this card works on my Model 43P-140 as I have
a lot of flavors of IBM cards for the RS/6000.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachariah Mully" <zmully@smartbrief.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:26 AM
Subject: RS/6000 43p-240 issues and questions
> Hello all-
> I just inherited a 43p-240 (dual 166mHz 604e's with the 225-series
64pci
> graphics card) and I am interested in getting YDL running on it... From
what
> I have read and seen on the linuxppc and YDL lists over the past couple of
> days of research is that this model is either extremely rare or is not
> supported/talked about by anyone. I was hoping that the instructions and
> boot kernel supplied by Dan Burclaw would work on the 240, but I get as
far
> as this:
> 0> boot floppy:,\ZIMAGE, root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ...ok
> copying OF device tree...
> The LCD then reads "F05" for about 5-10 minutes before sometimes conking
out
> with a "185" error.
> I did find one post in the archives referring to this model which
> suggested adding "video=ofonly" to the kernel arguments, but unfortunately
I
> am away from the office for a week so I won't be able to try it out. What
I
> am concerned about though is the video card... It seems to be another odd
> ball IBM part, like the computer itself, that isn't documented well on
IBM's
> site. I have seen the list of supported RS/6000 cards, but I was wondering
> if anyone has been able to get their machines working with this card... Or
> for that matter, who with a 240, could give me more information or help
> about this strange piece of machinery.
>
> Thanks for the help and effort putting together this distribution.
> Zack
>
>
>
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