Subject: Re: RS/6000 43P
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 08:32:22 MDT
Ok.. I'll work on it.
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Alberto Varesio wrote:
> Dan Burcaw wrote:
> >
> > > 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?
> >
>
> Yes !!
> I still have LinuxPPC R4 installed on my 43P-100. I only can't get any further.
> Boot images for R5 (1999) have some problem handling the SCSI adapter, but
> correctly boot an installer. That is why I was trying YDL.
> I think there is some little kernel problem to be fixed.
>
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