[Debian-ppc64-devel] IBM power5 520 issues

[David Gaya]

Hola Enrique,
On 7/8/05, Enrique de la Torre Gordaliza <enrique@sunipx1.dacya.ucm.es> wro=
te:
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> Hello,
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> I'm new to this list. One week ago we bought a p520 IBM server. We use
> debian on all our computers and wanted to try the pure64 port.
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> We have installed debian pcc64 from a Redhat installation using
> cdebootstrap. No way to install from any d-i, and we could not create a
> DFS iso (we didnt spend so much time to solve it and just used
> cdebootstrap). as any of you make it work?
To create an IBM power boot cd follow this instructions
http://penguinppc.org/ppc64/power-bootable-iso/
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> Once installed, we had to use the RedHat yaboot utility to install new
> kernels. Now we are running a 2.6.12.2 configured just for this p520. If
> you need the configuration just mail me. is yaboot being upstream
> patched?
yaboot has to be 32 bit even on 64-bit systems. So you can use
Debian's yaboot, but not from alioth but from regular powerpc
repository.
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Friendly,
david