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Re: RS/6000 43P-140 install



Hello!

>>> Kovacs Richard <krichard@csoma.elte.hu> 04.12.2001  17.54 Uhr >>>
> I am trying to install debian (sid/woody/potato whichever works) on
> an RS/6000 43P-140 IBm powerpc box with a 604e 333MHz processor.
> 
> I only have a serial terminal, and the ppc does not have a video card.

[...]

> Always the same result:
> 
> Uncompressing Linux...done.
> Now booting kernel
> 
> And that's where it seems to hang. No real sign of booting the kernel.
> Not only on the serial terminal but I do not hear any voices.

I also had exactly the same problem. For me, it worked when using a
2.4 kernel. Do not even _try_ to use a 2.2 kernel with a RS/6000.

--benny.




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