On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 08:38:23AM -0500, Greg Trigg wrote: > After much pain, sweat, tears and two internet service providers, I've > managed to install Debian Etch on my RS/6000. Now I just have to figure
Which RS6000 model is this ? a PReP one or a CHRP one ? > out how to make it bootable. The first partition is type 41 PReP boot. > On the root partition I have /boot with kernel 2.6.18... and ram disk, > etc... The directions (written for sarge) that I've been following say > to copy vmlinuz to the PReP partition using 'dd if=... of=...' Since I > don't have vmlinuz, I assumed the kernel image. So, I copied the kernel > image to the PReP partition and rebooted as suggested. You should have mkvmlinuz installed, and it should have produced a /boot/vmlinuz kernel, which you can dd to the PReP partition. I guess though that you don't use the debian kernel but your own. In this case, remember us why you are not using the debian kernel, and maybe file a bug report about this issue if it didn't work for you ? If it is a CHRP box, you could install yaboot and move the yaboot executable onto your PReP partition. > Obviously, it didn't work or I wouldn't be writing this. Now that I'm You copied the vmlinux kernel, right ? This one is the plain elf kernel, what you need is the vmlinuz, which includes a small chrp or prep boot wrapper. > going through the painful process of building a live system again to > work on it, I really want to do things right this time. I have a boot > folder with all the files I would normally need on a PC. Can anyone > help me on what to put on the PReP partition and how to get it there? I will gladly help you out. see above if it helps. > Once I get this thing to boot, I'll just copy the system to the disks of > the other 3 hard drives I have. > > The directions I've been following are here: > http://www.ifh.ee.ethz.ch/~rharbers/rs6000/rs6000.html > > Perhaps I just made my boot partition too large. I've seen on a Woody > install page that anything greater than 10Meg will cause problems. Just > in case, I've just partitioned a second disk this morning with a PReP > partition of 10Meg. I'm still trying to get the needed files loaded to > format the second disk with ext3. I sure wish I'd done all this before > rebooting. > > Anyways, I need to know what to put on the PReP partition and how to get > it there. Am I even close? not really. We need more information about your setup though to help you more clearly. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
