On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 11:32:08AM +0100, Johan Barne wrote: > Dear Sven! > > I am a linux newbie that's trying to install Debian on my IBM 43P-150 > CHRP box. I have tried to install Mandrake 9.1 with no success and > thought I give Debian a try. It feels that I have read everything on the > internet without finding a way to install.
Well, [EMAIL PROTECTED], cced to me maybe, would have been more usefull. > I am really sorry to take up your time but judging by your posting on > debian email list you seems like a good person to ask. Yeah, well, i have interest, but not hand-down access to the hardware, so ... > Q1: I trying to do a floppy install. I just can not find a boot image. > On the iso CD:s and on > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.23-2002-0 Forget woody, it may work but we are not going to fix stuff on it at this time. Try the new rc2 debian/sarge installer from : http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ If my memory servers me right, your box is a chrp one, (the 43P-140 being a prep still, exact ?), so it should be able to boot using yaboot from the netinst cdrom : http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/powerpc/rc2/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso or netboot image from : http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-powerpc/rc2/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd Floppy boot is not currently supported on IBM chrp-rs6k boxes right now, you are welcome to add support for it though :) > 5-21/chrp/images-1.44 are only root.img, rescue.img and driver-z.img but > no boot image. I found something on your section like > http://people.debian.org/~luther/power3/2.4.25-2/vmlinuz-2.4.25-power3-c > hrp-rs6k but that is just to big to fit on a floppy. Well, your box is not a power3 one, but a powerpc one, so you would use the above mentioned stuff. I should remove the above link. > Q2: If and when I find the proper boot image, what booting arguments in > OP should I use? Don't really know, i am not familiar with ibm's OF implementation, but as far as i know, the netinst or businesscard isos should just work, and autoboot into yaboot, which provides you some basic instructions. IF not, then this is a bug, and you should fill a bug report against debian-installer. > As mentioned I have a 43P-150 and I have no problem coming to the > OperFirmware prompt. Ok. > I would really appreciate just a pointer in the right directions. Hope this helps, taking the conversation to debian-powerpc and debian-boot. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]