debian-installer on IBM RS6000 44p-170 problem
I recently installed Debian testing on a IBM RS6000 44p-170.
I booted from network. With the help of some docs on the web
this worked well.
The problem: debian-installer failed to make the system bootable from
harddisk.
The solution is simple: create a small (I used 7 MB) partition with type
0x41 (something like IBM PreP boot partition) and 'dd' the kernel zImage
directly to the partition (make sure to set the root partition in the
kernel).
I haven't tried yaboot yet and probably won't in the next future as the
system now boots which is all I want.
I can provide more information about the system in a few days if needed
to fix debian-installer (somebody from the d-i team on this list?).
Rainer
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