specific to Hartmut Kuptein
Hartmut,
Sorry about sending this e-mail public, but the following 2 e-mail
addresses failed:
kuptein@debian.org
kuptein@et-inf.fho-emden.de
Being desparate, I am sending to the list as last resort to try and
find Hartmut.
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>>Hartmut,
>>
>>I was given your name by Matt Porter, also of linux on ppc experience,
>>as being active on the debian-powerpc list/developers and also perhaps
>>some experience with ibm-rs6000 and chrp-type motherboards.
>>
>>(1) the link on the debian web site for ibm rs6000 kernel images
>>
>>sun4u.unicent.com: /pub/linux/rs6000/
>>
>>is unreachable. Do you know how we can get these kernel images?
>>
>>(2) Specifically, we have an IBM RS600 power pc model 40p, 7020-601
>> chip. We think CHRP motherboard is applicable only because we
>> have an AIX 4.1 bootable install CD which does work on the
>> machine. Indeed AIX 4.1 installs and seems to execute correctly.
>> Of course, we are interested in installing Linux for various
>> reasons. This CD indicates a CHRP bootable image. We have tried
>> bootable images from several linuxppc sites, none of which seem to
>> boot the machine. It does recognice the CD or diskette, seems to
>> try to boot from the image, then the graphics screen starts to
>> clear from the bottom, goes up about 1/4 of the screen height, and
>> the system hangs. I am perplexed as to what to do. I have
>> significant experience with Debian/Linux on Intel and Alpha
>> machines. However, this is a strange machine indeed, and our
>> progress is impeded by the inability to boot a Linux kernel
>> initially.
>>
>>Please help if you can...
>>
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