On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +0100, Timothee Besset wrote: > I'm trying to get DI code running for a 7043/150 powerpc box. Since the > kernel image and everything is too big to fit on a floppy, the only > solution is to boot on CD. > > After some looking around, I have found the following information: > > The CD must have a PReP partition to boot on, and point to a zImage.chrp > kernel image (which I compiled myself from a 2.4.20 tarball) > > I think I have made a correct CD. Typically I have built the image like > so: > > /usr/bin/mkisofs -graft-points -f -R -r -l -J -prep-boot linux -o >/home/timo/cranky.img -- linux=/home/timo/cranky/linux >net-initrd.gz=/home/timo/cranky/net-initrd.gz > > When I try to boot it from OF, it says ok, but nothing happens: > > 0 > boot cdrom:,linux console=ttyS0 > ok > 0 > > > That's it .. nothing afterwards ..
I wonder if that box has hardware CD drivers. CD boots don't work on oldworld powermacs because they need proprietary MacOS CD drivers (just offering food for thought). -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
