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Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140



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.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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