p-server 640 debian install questions
I have a p-server 640 at work that I'm trying to install debian on.
It _seems_ to be CHRP, but OF has info about prep too, so I don't know...
The hardware:
2 375 MHz POWER3 CPUs
an eepro100 connected to the network
a matrox g200
2 18GB SCSI hard disks
a SCSI CDROM drive
_no_ floppy drive
The current software:
SuSE 7.1 booting via yaboot (installed with lilo??)
The desired software:
debian unstable running kernel 2.4.5(-xfs)
The problem:
I can't figure out how to get it to boot off the debian cdrom.
at the of prompt, I've tried:
setenv boot-device cdrom (cdrom is in devalias as /pci@.../scsi@11/sd@0,1 or
some such)
setenv boot-image /install/chrp/linux (also tried prep)
boot
I get something like "no valid PReP image found". Am I supposed to use a
boot-image of \\yaboot?
I don't have any docs on this box's specific OF implementation or on how to
get this thing to boot. I only get into OF by mashing keys. I've gotten into
the graphical firmware, too, by the same method, and tried telling it to boot
from the cdrom. Needless to say, that did nothing interesting.
Thanks,
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