Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:06:41PM +0200, Juergen Braun wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 09:25, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 03:19:51PM +0200, Juergen Braun wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:02, nicolas wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:30, Juergen Braun wrote:
> > > > > > What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from
> > > > > > the initial ramdisk?
> > > > > > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0
> > > > > Found it myself:
> > > > > Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0
> > > > >
> > > > > Will try now to install, but I guess, that it will fail , cause the scsi
> > > > > controller hasn't been detected.
> > > > >
> > > > > jaybe
> > > >
> > > > With debian installer, the hardware are discovered later, and the boot
> > > > messages like you/copy paste are not important for hardware support.
> > > > Just go through the install process to the detect hardware and partition
> > > > hard drive? You'll see if your card is detected or not
> > > When I choose "guided partitioning", I got this menu, but can't select
> > > any harddisk. So I guess, that the installer hasn't found my scsi
> > > controller.
> > >
> > >
> > > +ÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ [!!] Partition disks +ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ+
> > > | |
> > > | Disk space to partition: |
> > > | |
> > > | Manually edit partition table |
> > > | |
> > > | <Go Back> |
> > > | |
> > > +ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ+
> > >
> > > BTW, what Debian package do I have to install to get an linux8x8 font
> > > for konsole?
> >
> > This is a known bug in parted, which i am fixing now. Try tomorrows daily
> > built, or try out the one from friday/saturday.
> I tried
> http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-07/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd
> and
> http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-03/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd
>
> but no success.
Oh well, it must be something else then.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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