Subject: LinuxPPC on RS/6000 43P-100 (7248) Another one Working !!
From: Alberto Varesio (Alberto.Varesio@Pmail.net)
Date: Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:41:28 MDT
I know it's not a new thing, but
I'm pleased to add my WS to the list of
IBM RS/6000 43P running LinuxPPC-1999 !
My 43P :
7248-100
Integrated PCI Ethernet - PCnet/PCI
Integrated VGA
Integrated SCSI controller - NCR 53c810 rev 1
Integrated Sound
64Mb Ram
2 x 2.0Gb SCSI disks
4.0 Gb External SCSI disk
PS/2 3 button Mouse
I digged and asked around for floppy boot images, but I had to wait for a
working set, which appeared on the LinuxPPC site just a few weeks ago.
ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-1999/install/PREP-CHRP-BeBox/
PREP.install.floppy
PREP.install.image
Then following some install instructions I managed to have it running.
http://www.linuxppc.com/updates/r5-prep-install.shtml
http://www.digital-wisdom.com/rs6000.html
http://ppc.linux.or.jp/~aoshimak/install.html
Sound and X11 still don't work, but I hope someone is working on them.
I will publish the full story later on my site ...
Thanks to anyone who helped me during these months !!
Since I did this with LinuxPPC, I hope I'm able to do the same with YDL,
but I think Installer is different, isn't it ?
I hope pub/yellowdog/champion-1.1/ppc/install/ramdisk.image.gz is the image to
load to have YDL installer. If not, please point me to the right one.
I've also seen zImages under PReP and RS6000, which will work with this HW?
Can I use which image to do a two or three floppy boot like with LinuxPPC ?
Thanks
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