Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-10 Thread Rolf Brudeseth
>On Jan 08, Borut Mrak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ~snip >Can some of the IBM people let me know where netbooting is documented? ~more snip I have forwarded this to the people within IBM that work with Linux in an official capacity (I don't). I am a long time Debian user and would also like to s

Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 08, Steven Hanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >umm, I am pretty sure you mean sash Yes, I did really meant sash. -- ciao, Marco

Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Steven Hanley
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:06:25AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > the next reboot. Install ash too. > When you are done, exit the chroot jail, run ash (which is a statically > linked shell with many build in commands) and: > > cd / > mkdir oldroot > mv usr bin sbin lib var home [...] oldroot/ > mv n

Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 08, Borut Mrak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> the yellowdog kernel image (look for the link on www.yellowdoglinux.com) >Would that be the kernel(s) from >ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/updates/kernel/2.4.0/? The old link disappeared, look at http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/faq_rs6k.sht

Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Borut Mrak
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:06:25AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > I have been able to succesfully install debian on my B50 just by using > the yellowdog kernel image (look for the link on www.yellowdoglinux.com) Would that be the kernel(s) from ftp://ftp.terraplex.com/pub/updates/kernel/2.4.0/? I c

Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 08, Borut Mrak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The kernel from the current boot-floppies (current = what's in woody) would >load, the last message that was printed was something about reading the >OpenFirmware tree... Our CHRP boot disks are broken. I have been able to succesfully install de

Re: installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Olaf Hering
On Mon, Jan 08, Borut Mrak wrote: > > The kernel from the current boot-floppies (current = what's in woody) would > load, the last message that was printed was something about reading the > OpenFirmware tree... > > I also tried the kernel from > ftp.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-haloween/software/kernel

installing debian on a IBM B50 (chrp)

2001-01-08 Thread Borut Mrak
Hello! I unsuccesfully tried to install Debian on a such machine for the last couple of hours. The only kernel that booted on that machine is some heavily modified 2.2.14 from Suse 6.4. Which (the distro) also installs like a charm. The kernel from the current boot-floppies (current = what's in