[Debian-ppc64-devel] Successful installation in an OpenPower 720 Express

[Sven Luther]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 01:09:51PM +0200, martin at tuxedo.ag wrote:
> > 	I used the ISO at
> > http://ftp.uni-augsburg.de/pub/tuxppc/test/Debian-Installer-CD/. It
> > installed correctly, but when I booted it crashed. I think it was the
> > problem addressed by Harald G?rl (the creator of the CD) relative to Matrox
> > support in the kernel (message of 09 Jun 2005). The installation kernel
> > worked perfectly, but the kernel that is installed (though it has the
> > option CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y, which IIRC was the issue) crashed. I'm attaching
> > the output of the kernel until the crashing (file "dmesg-kaboom.txt").
> 
> On an OpenPower 720 the CD from Uni Augsburg worked fine.

What about the official etch/sid debian-installer images ?

> > 	And in a slightly related note ... does anyone know how to
> > configure the RAID controller in these things? I realized it had one when I
> > did a dmesg (we didn't receive any tech specs with the OP), and I like to
> > configure it properly. Any pointer to documentation will be greatly
> > appreciated. Thanks in advance :-)
> 
> The raid is initialized via system boot cdrom.
> AFAIK there is no other way to configure the raid.
> When working with partitions one can assign two disks to a partition.
> Further information on this hardware can be found in the Linux on Power
> wiki: http://oss.gonicus.de/openpower/index.php/Main_Page

Any more specific link ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther