Re: IBM 43P-150

[Rolf Brudeseth <rolfb@myrealbox.com>]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:13:53PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 03:05:45PM -0600, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
> > Sven,
> > 
> > The kernel should be appropriate for this processor. It is a 32-bit PPC604.
> 
> Mmm, indeed. It is a chrp-rs6k machine, or still a prep stuff ? What do
> you use previously to boot on it.

This is a CHRP box. I have run Suse on it earlier.

> 
> > I did not realize that the devfs option now is required. However, it did not help any:
> 
> Only to use the d-i initrd.
> 
> > 0 > boot net:192.168.0.1,,192.168.0.2 console=ttyS0,9600n8 devfs=mount
> > BOOTP S = 1
> > FILE: /vmlinuz-2.4.22-powerpc-chrp-rs6k.initrd
> > Load Addr=0x4000 Max Size=0xbfc000
> > FINAL Packet Count = 5812
> > chrpboot starting: loaded at 0x00400000
> > initial ramdisk moving 0x3eb3000 <- 0x00578000 (14cc96 bytes)
> > gunzipping (0x00010000 <- 0x00406c03:0x005770ba)...
> > 
> > I am accessing the console through the serial port.
> 
> And you get no other info ? Where exactly does it stop ? 

What you see above is all that is echoed to the console. It just hangs here forever.

> 
> Friendly,
> 
> Sven Luther
> 

Rolf

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