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Re: PowerPC CHRP network install






> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 11:26:04PM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> > Am Die, den 21.10.2003 schrieb Rolf Brudeseth um 22:08:
> > >
> > >
> > > On a PowerPC CHRP system, with the boot-floppies installer, I was
able
> > > to boot the zImage through BOOTP and load the initrd with NFS, and
boot
> > > and load the zImage.initrd via BOOTP only.
> >
> > I don't know if anyone tried NFS installs, but they should work in
> > theory. zImage.initrd or zImage plus a separate initrd (if this is
> > possible on your arch) over bootp/dhcp/tftp/whatsoever works.
>
> We definitely need testing in this area.
>

As soon as the kernels at the URL below are compiled for root NFS, I can start testing this function:
http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.4.22/

Rolf

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Rolf Brudeseth
pSeries Global Server Integration, IBM Enterprise Systems Group
Austin, TX



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