Re: G5 blade center under debian
Am Freitag, 7. Januar 2005 14:47 schrieb Anton Blanchard:
> Hi,
>
> > There's a 64-bit tftp installer image based on kernel 2.6.10 here:
> >
> > http://debian.gonicus.de/debian/dists/sarge/main/binary-powerpc/pseries.i
> >mg
> >
> > Since most installer packages are not "official" yet, you've to continue
> > the net installation by choosing the mirror manually to sound
> > "debian.gonicus.de". This mirror doesn't keep a complete mirror yet, so
> > you'll run into an error after partitioning. Choose an official mirror
> > after that, and it will continue.
> >
> > I've no idea if it works with these blades...
>
> I just tried it on my POWER3 box. You dont happen to have
> CONFIG_POWER4_ONLY enabled do you? That option enables some minor
> optimisations that actually prevent booting on older boxes.
This option is enabled because the kernel was targeted to IBM pseries systems
which have POWER(4/4+/5) processors.
I've disabled this in the config now, but will rebuild the kernel on the next
build cycle since this is somewhat time consuming. Will trop you a message.
Cheers,
Cajus
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