Re: some basic problems with ppc assembler

2003-06-25 Thread John F Davis
Hello There is powerpc compiler writers guide book. Would that be appropiate? I don't have a copy but I have seen it floating around. JD |-+ | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | (Brad Boyer) | | |

booting from hard disk of rs6000 43p 150

2003-02-19 Thread John F Davis
Hello I'm trying to get my rs6k to boot from the hard disk again Here is my setup: Debian Unstable with custom built tools and kernel from MVista rsync. I have a tftpboot kernel which works with boot net. I want to use this kernel to boot from the disk. I have copied it to my root

fdisk for RS/6000

2003-02-14 Thread John F Davis
Hello I am using unstable and I can longer view my partition table. fdisk and pdisk both dont work. What is the problem? JD

Debian on RS6K

2002-12-04 Thread John F Davis
Debian Stable via Net RS6K Model 43P 150 --- Hello Does debian support X on RS6K? I have IBM 256-bit graphics rasterizer [Fire GL1] card. I tried using the generic vga settings but it complains about the clocks line. Also, does debian support

Re: PowerPC kernel repository (was: Woody on IBM RS/6000 7025 F50)

2002-08-23 Thread John F Davis
Hello It sounds good to me. I would like to contribute the rs6k effort on debian. We need to get boot floppies which work as soon as possible. Also, we need to get working install cdroms. JD Rolf Brudeseth/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/23/2002 10:23:51 AM To:Chris Tillman [EMAIL

Re: PowerPC kernel repository (was: Woody on IBM RS/6000 7025 F50)

2002-08-23 Thread John F Davis
:32 PM To:John F Davis/Raleigh/[EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org cc: From: Rolf Brudeseth/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: PowerPC kernel repository (was: Woody on IBM RS/6000 7025 F50) (Document link: John F Davis

Re: Woody on IBM RS/6000 7025 F50

2002-08-21 Thread John F Davis
Hello Use minicom. You have a matrox video card in a rs6000? Was it the one which shipped with the box? I didn't know rs6k's shipped with Matrox cards. I'm far from an expert though. JD George Karaolides [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linustech.com.cy on 08/21/2002 03:22:25 PM Sent by:George

Re: Woody on IBM RS/6000 7025 F50

2002-08-21 Thread John F Davis
Hello That's a good test. I'll use that in the future. Once you have setup the serial port (see other posters answers), you are connected. You are not using a modem, so you don't need to do atdt type stuff. JD George Karaolides [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linustech.com.cy on 08/21/2002 04:16:57 PM

model 150 almost there

2002-08-14 Thread John F Davis
ello Thanks to the help of Hollis Blanchard, I almost have debian linux install on my rs6000 model 150. However I still need help. Here's my situation I boot linux from netboot and then I mount my root filesystem from floppy. I have built a custom kernel from the 2.4 devel tree using a cross

Re: model 150 almost there

2002-08-14 Thread John F Davis
to create a disk label like partition as in Sparc? Thanks again for the help. Hollis gave me the devfs tip in #debianppc JD Ole-Egil Hvitmyren [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/14/2002 10:42:34 AM To:John F Davis/Raleigh/[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject:Re: model 150

Re: Debian network installation on IBM RS/6000 44P-170 (POWER3) - HOWTO

2002-08-14 Thread John F Davis
have a debian install which shows a nice console setup with virtual terminals and it can use the cdrom to apt-get install packages. I don't have X support at this point and I don't have boot from the hard disk either. John F. Davis Rolf Brudeseth/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/14/2002 11:51:29