Slink bootdisks on an MCA machine (PS/2 9595)

[Jor-el <jorel@ibm.net>]

Hi,

	I just tried the Slink bootdisks (the standard and the safe ones)
on a PS/2 model 9595 machine that I have access to. This specific model
has the known problem that the FPU coupling test at boot time disables the
halt interrupt timer, and so the boot will only work if one uses the
'no-hlt' boot parameter to the kernel. This disables the check for the
'hlt' instruction and lets the boot proceed. (*)

	Ok, so I did that, but the boot hang at the point where kswapd is
being started. Or atleast, that is the last message that appears on the
console before the machine goes comatose. Has anyone gotten past this
point?

Regards,
Jor-el

(*)  Obviously needs to be documented somewhere in the Debian install
guide.