Package: boot-floppies Version: potato and woody > Hi, > > I'm new to Debian and new to PowerPc ( Red Hat 6.x / 7.x user on i386 ), > so... thanks to be patient ! > > Tried to install Potato 2.2.6 and Woody on an IBM RS/600 ( 7248-133 ) using > boot-floppies for potato ( April 2001, 15th ) and boot-floppies for woody > ( May 2002, 16th ). Tried also with "LordSutch.com ISOLINUX mini-ISO image" > > Always same problem : at boot time, I've got these messages : > SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting > SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. > ncr53c8xx_reset: pid=0 reset_flags=2 serial_number=xyz > serial_number_at_timeout=xyz > > Note : xyz is a number, increasing, increasing, increasing... One time, I > wait until xyz = 66000 ! > > This is a known problem for Carolina motherboards ( > http://www.amberdata.demon.co.uk/carolina/ ) : "...the kernel miscalculates > the hardware timer frequency badly, which means that almost any operation > with a timeout fails instantly...". > > If I use Carolina boot floppy ( > http://users.linpro.no/ingvar/43p/images/carolina_bootimage_2.2.18_with_fb ) > , boot process is Ok ( no problem with the NCR SCSI adapter ). > Using Carolina to boot and Woody Root floppy disk ( when asked by "Carolina" > for a root floppy ), I've installed - more or less - a base Woody but, at > boot time : same issue, problem with the SCSI adapter ! > > Learned every html file about "PPC" at Debian site or IBM but... no solution > ! > > I can give you these additional informations : > architecture: powerpc > model: IBM RS/600 43P 7248-133 > memory: 128 Mo > scsi: NCR53c810 > cd-rom: SCSI > video: S3 Vision 864 ( aka IBM E15 ) > netcard: AMD 79C970A PCnet/PCI II ( integrated on mother board ) > > So, in short : how can I install Woody ( or even Potato ) mixing Carolina > boot disk and Debian CD-ROM or Internet ( got two ADSL connections ) ??? > Or, how can I replace the "hard disk" kernel by the one on "Carolina" boot > disk ? > > TIA > > Jean-Michel > > > >
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