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Re: Sarge/beta-3 on a RS6000/7025-F50 (PPC 604e, CHRP)



On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 03:09:12PM +0100, Martin Küchler wrote:
> Leigh Brown wrote:
> > Yaboot requires OpenFirmware, which is not present on most PReP machines.
> > My 140, which is PReP but has OF, still wouldn't work as the critical
> > OF methods to read from disk didn't work, despite me trying very hard
> > to get them working....
> 
> just for the records: My Powerstack Utah has OF, too.
> 
> > So, I think we can safely say yaboot is CHRP only (Mac and RS/6000).
> 
> OK.

It does still advertize as PReP in /proc/cpuinfo, right ? 

Also, if not, is there a way for testing for the missing OF functions,
or something such once the machine is running ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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