Subject: Re: RS/6000 43P
From: Shawn Sampson (sampson@legasys.on.ca)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 08:47:31 MDT
I was not on the list yesterday so I don' know what your problem is, but
I have an IBM 43P-240 and during the installation the machine hangs with
the message
...ok
copying OF device tree...
Dan has suggested passing the kernel argument: video=ofonly
It did not work for me, but maybe for you
Shawn Sampson
"Forrester, Benjamin S." wrote:
>
> How does this discussion relate to the IBM 43P-140? It does support the F8
> key. But when I try to boot the Image it gives the message I posted
> yesterday. Any thoughts?
>
> Ben Forrester
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Burcaw [mailto:dburcaw@terraplex.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 9:32 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: RS/6000 43P
>
> 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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> Dan
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