Hi Stew, if it is possible we are ready to contribute with our machine: 7248 mod 100, mod 120 and mod 140. We had a bootstrap with linux2000Q4 PPC the result was a minimal installation without graphics.
Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: Stew Benedict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:44 PM Subject: Re: MDK8 installation on an RS/6000? > > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Tirs Abril wrote: > > > Hi everybody! After almost six months working in a project abroad, I am back > > home and I'm continuing what I left, namely the installation of Mandrake > > Linux 8.0 PPC on an IBM RS/6000 43P-150. > > > > My question is very simple: Where do I begin? I have the two CDs, and none of > > them boot. I am afraid maybe they are intended for a MacIntosh BIOS and I > > have been looking for a bootable floppy image or something similar, but I > > couldn't find it. Can somebody put me on track? Is there anybody out there > > who has installed Mandrake PPC on an RS/6000 and wants to share experiences? > > > > We did have someone on the list who was working their way through this, > and I made some diskdrake changes to accomodate those machines, but they > dropped out so the project never finished, as I don't have hardware here. > They had rolled their own kernel/bootdisk to get the install kicked off. > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > Cooker-PPC IRC: irc.openprojects.net/#cooker-ppc > >
