Re: ESDI PS/2 MCA

[Robert Rati <ratirh@cs.purdue.edu>]

I am going to be installing Debian on a PS/2 in the very near future, and
I did a quick boot with the 2.0 rescue disk and it seemed to find the ESDI
controller alright and the hard disk, to some degree.  I can't atest for
how well it will boot because I only have 4 meg of ram and, needless to
say, the boot process ran out of memory.  Have you tried just booting with
the 2.1 rescue's default kernel?

								Rob

On Wed, 19 May 1999, D.L.Whiteley (Dave) wrote:

> I am trying to re-use some old PS/2s that have become available. I am 
> trying to install slink on them. As the PS/2 does not have a CD I 
> need to do the initial installation from floppies.
> 
> I have created a rescue disk, and have replaced its kernel with one 
> supporting MCA and ESDI. When I boot with this disk it seems to find 
> the disk controller, but fails to find the hard disk, and insists on 
> a network install.
> 
> I have found the MCA web site, and have tried their suggestions of creating 
> the /dev/ed* devices. This still fails.
> 
> I have tried a similar procedure with old bo installation disks. With 
> this, I have no trouble, and have sucessfully partitioned the disk. 
> 
> Are there any suitable rescue disk images available for slink?
> 
> Is there any hope that these old systems will still be supported in 
> slink or potato? I suggest that there may be a lot of people who have 
> similar old machines that they wish to experiment with. It would be a 
> shame if these people were detered from using (Debian) Linux because 
> of similar installation problems.
> 
> Dave Whiteley
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> Dave Whiteley d.l.whiteley@ee.leeds.ac.uk
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