Re: PReP booting
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 12:49:06PM -0500, Greg Trigg wrote:
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> Hermann Kaiser wrote:
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> >On Aug 15, 2007, at 4:19 PM, Greg Trigg wrote:
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> >>>Which RS6000 model is this ? a PReP one or a CHRP one ?
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> >>It is a 44P-170. I'm 90% positive it's a PReP model. It's power3.
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> >A 7044P170 is definitely a CHRP machine. Power3 is 64 Bit and all of
> >them are CHRP.
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> Whoops! Well, that could be a problem.<understatement>
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> I guess I better install yaboot. I feel like I'm close. Anyways, I'm
> making progress and that's far better than being stuck with a mis
> configured AIX system. Thanks for that valuable bit of information. One
> step closer.
If you provide the kernel patches or configuration you applied, we could
aply them to the debian kernel, and provide a working d-i, which will do
all this all by itself.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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