Re: RS/6000 43P


Subject: Re: RS/6000 43P
From: Philippe SENOT (senot@ipc.sciences.univ-metz.fr)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 07:18:08 MDT


Yes, I confirm. On a 43P 133, exactly.

A 06:44 17/09/99 -0600, vous avez écrit :
>Are you sure a LinuxPPC boot disk worked on these OF-less machines?
>
>
>> 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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