Re: RS/6000 43P


Subject: Re: RS/6000 43P
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 06:44:44 MDT


> IMHO the images you (and me) are trying aren't meant for that model.
> Model 120, as well as 100 (mine) and 133, do NOT have OF, so they do NOT display
> a boot prompt nor handle F8 key.
> That model look after a different type of boot floppy, like the ones that
> were available for LinuxPPC installation.
> I hope YDL people will soon build a backward compatible boot image.

Are you sure a LinuxPPC boot disk worked on these OF-less machines?

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