On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 07:42:00 -0700 "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 box is fairly recent. It's a chrp architecture, it's not an oldworld box. I had tried to boot it with an invalid CD (i.e. one which didn't have a PReP partition), and I was gettting a nasty error at that time. So I believe it does indeed have a hardware CD driver. TTimo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
