Re: How-To install a Debian 2.2 on RS/6000 B50 and 43p-150

[Christophe Suire <christophe.suire@c2a.fr>]

Marco d'Itri wrote:
> 
> On Mar 09, Christophe Suire <christophe.suire@c2a.fr> wrote:
> 
>  >I have wrote a little how-to, to install a debian 2.2 with a 2.4.2
>  >kernel on a RS/6000 B50 and 43p-150 ..
> There is nothing useful on the original debian rescue disk, the kernel
> can just be copied to a raw floppy:
> 
> cat zImage > /dev/fd0
> 
> and booted this way:
> 
> boot floppy: root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
> 
> I don't understand why you installed the system by hand, on my B50 the
> debian installer worked fine (I did not try making the system bootable).
> 
> (Most non-french people will not know what a "Mo" is...)
> 
> --
> ciao,
> Marco
> 

With the RS/6000 i have .. it try to install the debian normally .. but
it was not working .. the boot disks don't boot :) .. and after the
installer don't want to install the base system .. so i do the install
manually :)

Thanks for the "Mo" :)
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