Sven Luther said: > Could you test the prep kernel at : > http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.4.22, and instruct us about : > > 1) The different method of booting from a prep system. > > 2) if there are auto-booting CDroms, or if you just have to enter the > right value from the OF (in case you have an OF). > > 3) the output of your /proc/cpuinfo. > > 4) do you believe they are smp prep systems ? > > And if you would volunteer to test some of our debian-installers setups > when they are ready, it would be real nice.
Hi Sven, I know there are several RS/6000 PReP systems around, and that there are people running Debian on them. The 7043-140 should boot okay on the 2.4.22 kernel, and I'll try your test kernel when I get a chance, on mine. There are also some other RS/6000 PReP models that work, but require some kernel patches. They are: 7248-133 7024-E20 7024-E30 7025-F30 7025-F40 7043-240 There might be others. All these RS/6000's can boot off CD-ROM if the PReP kernel has been configured using the mkisofs -prep-boot option. The 7034-240 and 7025-F40 support up to two CPUs, but the PReP boot loader doesn't know how to bootstrap the second CPUs on these machines. I also have a Motorola PowerStack that is PReP, and it should work with a stock kernel as well. There is support in the PReP boot loader for an SMP Motorola machine, but I've never seen such a beast. Regards, Leigh.
