Bug#150779: Unable to install on an IBM 7248-43P
Package: boot-floppies
Version: potato and woody
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to Debian and new to PowerPc ( Red Hat 6.x / 7.x user on i386 ),
> so... thanks to be patient !
>
> Tried to install Potato 2.2.6 and Woody on an IBM RS/600 ( 7248-133 )
using
> boot-floppies for potato ( April 2001, 15th ) and boot-floppies for woody
> ( May 2002, 16th ). Tried also with "LordSutch.com ISOLINUX mini-ISO
image"
>
> Always same problem : at boot time, I've got these messages :
> SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
> SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
> ncr53c8xx_reset: pid=0 reset_flags=2 serial_number=xyz
> serial_number_at_timeout=xyz
>
> Note : xyz is a number, increasing, increasing, increasing... One time, I
> wait until xyz = 66000 !
>
> This is a known problem for Carolina motherboards (
> http://www.amberdata.demon.co.uk/carolina/ ) : "...the kernel
miscalculates
> the hardware timer frequency badly, which means that almost any operation
> with a timeout fails instantly...".
>
> If I use Carolina boot floppy (
>
http://users.linpro.no/ingvar/43p/images/carolina_bootimage_2.2.18_with_fb )
> , boot process is Ok ( no problem with the NCR SCSI adapter ).
> Using Carolina to boot and Woody Root floppy disk ( when asked by
"Carolina"
> for a root floppy ), I've installed - more or less - a base Woody but, at
> boot time : same issue, problem with the SCSI adapter !
>
> Learned every html file about "PPC" at Debian site or IBM but... no
solution
> !
>
> I can give you these additional informations :
> architecture: powerpc
> model: IBM RS/600 43P 7248-133
> memory: 128 Mo
> scsi: NCR53c810
> cd-rom: SCSI
> video: S3 Vision 864 ( aka IBM E15 )
> netcard: AMD 79C970A PCnet/PCI II ( integrated on mother board )
>
> So, in short : how can I install Woody ( or even Potato ) mixing Carolina
> boot disk and Debian CD-ROM or Internet ( got two ADSL connections ) ???
> Or, how can I replace the "hard disk" kernel by the one on "Carolina" boot
> disk ?
>
> TIA
>
> Jean-Michel
>
>
>
>
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