Re: Debian and Ibm RS6000 7043-150
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:48:24AM +0200, Nicolas Raspail wrote:
>> >> For the mkvmlinuz, I've found an old 7043-140 (Prep box, Ram 768 Mo,
>> 2
>> >> go hd) and tried to install Debian as it's easier I think, but I got
>> >> kernel panic after netbooting the DI vmlinuz-prep.initrd. After some
>> >> reading, I need to have 512 Mo max for RAM (if more are present,
>> memory
>> >> maps change and the prep loader doesn't work), so I remove some RAM
>> and
>> >> now it boots. I can configure the keyboard but it doesn't see my
>> >> hardisk. I'm connected with minicom so it seems I can't switch to
>> >> another virtual console to see any message. Do you have any idea for
>> the
>> >> non detection of my scsi hardisk and card ?
>> >
>> > Yes, you probably have a sym53c8xx based driver, and it needs the
>> > scsi_transport module which Jens mentioned was missing. Jens added it
>> to
>> > the
>> > modules, but i am waiting for Jens to rebuild a powerpc kernel based
>> on
>> > the
>> > 2.6.8-5 kernel-source to make a new upload. This should fix this
>> problem.
>> >
>> > In any case, could you go to console 2, and give us the content of
>> > /proc/pci
>> > and /proc/bus/pci/devices, so we can confirm that this is it ?
>> >
>>
>> Can I go to the console 2 when I'm connecting to my box with minicom ? I
>> not, I can give you what you need for the moment. I'll wait for your new
>> upload
>
> No, but you can go to the menu item "open a shell" or something such at
> the
> bottom of the menu.
>
> Anyway, i will upload the new .udebs today, so they should be in tomorrows
> build.
>
I grab the today build but like the yesterday, it doesn't detect my scsi
card. I open a shell, type modprobe sd_mod, retry detect hardware and it
complains about missing modules like ncr symbios logix, ide and usb stuff
:/ I use the
http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer/daily-powerpc-built/2004-09-03/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd
Here is a cat /proc/pci extract:
Bus 0, device 16, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c825 (rev 19).
IRQ 23.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=17.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0x1400 [0x14ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeeae000 [0xfeeae0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeeaf000 [0xfeeaffff].
When the missing modules will be available ?
>> >> Back to my 7043-150. My box have 1 Go of RAM, so perhaps, I'm having
>> the
>> >> same problem. Tomorrow I'll downgrade it to 256 Mo and try the last
>> DI
>> >> build to see if I've the same CLAIM failed. If this doesn't work,
>> I'll
>> >> try to install debian on my 7043-140 and use the mkvmlinux tip
>> >
>> > Ok.
>> >
>>
>> I leave my box with only 256 Mo but I always have the CLAIM failed
>> problem. So, as I've no more idea about this probleme, I'll wait your
>> new
>> upload of kernel 2.6.8-5 with scsi transport to install my 7043-140 and
>> use mkvlinuz to try your tip
>
> Well. There is nothing really i can do about that, i am not familiar with
> chrp
> OFs, so you would probably need to investigate with linux on IBM guys, or
> maybe try google to find a previous similar info ?
>
Maybe, I'll try later, thanks for your patience and help
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
>
>
Regards
Nicolas
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