Re: Debian Linux on an IBM RS/6000 44P 270 machine

From: Roger Leigh (${rleigh}_at_invalid.whinlatter.ukfsn.org.invalid)
Date: 06/07/05

  • Next message: kevin: "Problem about testing CPU load on PPC750" 
    Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:47:51 +0100

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA1

    Rik Harbers <"harbers <AT> writes:

    > I have attempted to install Debian Sarge on an IBM Power3
    > machine. After some initial issues I managed to boot from the CD and
    > get into the installer.
    >
    > My problem starts when the installer tries to mount the CD. The
    > process hangs on loading the sym53c8xx driver or complains about not
    > finding a CDROM when I exclude this driver.
    >
    > Can somebody help me?

    I can't myself, but you can always ask on the debian-powerpc list if
    you don't have success here.

    Regards,
    Roger

    - --
    Roger Leigh
                    Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
                    Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/
                    GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail.
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux)
    Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/>

    iD8DBQFCpevWVcFcaSW/uEgRAjTHAJ4lVQf/aqLOpD2jxdEXD0twQZ5+XwCeMXog
    thx0GH0AFy/pZnm7qry7o2w=
    =YDGl
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

  • Next message: kevin: "Problem about testing CPU load on PPC750"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: Hibernation without EWF
      ... Installing the class installer for the display was the trick. ... Not surprising hibernation doesn't work for you. ... Your display driver never got installed on the target. ... You not only need the class installer but also the proper display driver for the video card you are using on the target machine. ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)
    • Re: distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN
      ... there's nothing stopping anyone who wants Debian to support ... Its ethernet controller needs the extremely non-free ixp400 driver which ... the installer will soon take care of copying that ...
      (Debian-User)
    • Windows 7 - great and not so great upgrade experience
      ... Getting the upgrade going was a bit of a challenge. ... printers list (no W7 driver is available). ... The installer also ... since I cannot use the Vista recovery partition (the ...
      (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
    • Re: Running a driver application
      ... execute one code path but if not - another. ... It was about Kvaser PCIcan driver on my XPe image. ... - the installer checks for the OS version to change the install code path. ...
      (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)
    • Re: Nvidia troubles again.....
      ... You are using Nvidia hardware, which is not and has never ever ... Fedora Core 1 ships with not one but *2* Mesa libGL libraries. ... The problem is that Nvidia's installer, ... Nvidia DRI driver, it fails and prints the message "DRI ...
      (Fedora)