Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000
https://groups.google.com/g/linux.debian.ports.powerpc/c/C_3lrNkFmJg I went through this thread and I thought it might have helped. Original message From: Bill deWindt Date: 27/03/2024 02:18 (GMT+01:00) To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000 Hello Adrian,On 3/26/2024 5:10 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:> I can't go into the details right now due to lack of time, but you should> first check whether your machine is still supported by the Linux kernel.> > I know that IBM engineers dropped support for many of their own PowerPC> machines in the Linux kernel unlike Apple PowerMacs, so chances might be> that your machine is no longer supported and you would have to stick to> an older kernel.> I'll dive into researching the kernel support further when I have some time. I do know that 2.6 runs on it since that is what it is booted to under SUSE 10, so maybe I'm stuck with an older kernel but could migrate to an equally old Debian 3 which would at least get me off of RPM based systems entirely. :)> Your 43-P150 system is listed here:> >> https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install> > Apparently, there were custom installation floppy disks for this machine.> I did find the supported machines list and the dead links but hadn't found working links, so many thanks for pointing me to updated ones. This sounds virtually identical to what my notes from 2010 say / what I remember about getting SUSE on it in the first place. There were specific floppy images that you HAD to use to get the install going. Glad I still have actual floppy disks brand new in the box here!Looks like I now have my weekend project lined up for me. Thanks again!-Bill
Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000
Hello Adrian, On 3/26/2024 5:10 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I can't go into the details right now due to lack of time, but you should first check whether your machine is still supported by the Linux kernel. I know that IBM engineers dropped support for many of their own PowerPC machines in the Linux kernel unlike Apple PowerMacs, so chances might be that your machine is no longer supported and you would have to stick to an older kernel. I'll dive into researching the kernel support further when I have some time. I do know that 2.6 runs on it since that is what it is booted to under SUSE 10, so maybe I'm stuck with an older kernel but could migrate to an equally old Debian 3 which would at least get me off of RPM based systems entirely. :) Your 43-P150 system is listed here: https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install Apparently, there were custom installation floppy disks for this machine. I did find the supported machines list and the dead links but hadn't found working links, so many thanks for pointing me to updated ones. This sounds virtually identical to what my notes from 2010 say / what I remember about getting SUSE on it in the first place. There were specific floppy images that you HAD to use to get the install going. Glad I still have actual floppy disks brand new in the box here! Looks like I now have my weekend project lined up for me. Thanks again! -Bill
Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000
Hi Adrian, Bill,
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:01 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
wrote:
> Your 43-P150 system is listed here:
>
> > https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install
>
> Apparently, there were custom installation floppy disks for this machine.
>
> Since the link above 404s, you have to download them from the archive server:
>
> > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/
>
> The page also links to a 404 page by Geert Uytterhoven who apparently once had
> such a system:
>
> > https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035302/http://users.telenet.be/geertu/Linux/PPC/
>
> I'm CC'ing him since he might be able to give you some hints.
While I did have a CHRP system, it was a LongTrail, not a 43P-150.
The "Development History" part doesn't mention that I ran Debian,
but I did. Probably some manual installation, in the late nineties...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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-- Linus Torvalds
Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000
Hi Bill, On Mon, 2024-03-25 at 21:08 -0400, Bill deWindt wrote: > Please bear with me as this is my first post the powerpc group, but I am > pretty sure I am in the right place for this. :) You are. > After recently purchasing a NOS Sparc Ultra 5 and having great success > getting Sid running on it after much work and reading on > linux.debian.ports.sparc I decided to try and get Debian running on the > RS/6000 43p-150 machine I have in my collection. I originally purchased > the machine from a hospital back in 2008 or 09 for $20 and after a great > deal of sweat and tears I managed to get openSUSE 10.3 ppc running on > it. It has been like that since 2010 and I haven't use it since about > 2012, but if I could get Debian running on it I might have a use for it. > So, after doing the usual Googling and reading everything I could find > about this machine and why I had such trouble getting anything other > than AIX and openSUSE running on it I find myself here asking for any > assistance or guidance. So let me start with what I have tried to date > and what the results were (some are virtually identical to posts I found > from the early 2000's but I hoped some things had changed since then...) I can't go into the details right now due to lack of time, but you should first check whether your machine is still supported by the Linux kernel. I know that IBM engineers dropped support for many of their own PowerPC machines in the Linux kernel unlike Apple PowerMacs, so chances might be that your machine is no longer supported and you would have to stick to an older kernel. Your 43-P150 system is listed here: > https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install Apparently, there were custom installation floppy disks for this machine. Since the link above 404s, you have to download them from the archive server: > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/ The page also links to a 404 page by Geert Uytterhoven who apparently once had such a system: > https://web.archive.org/web/20140625035302/http://users.telenet.be/geertu/Linux/PPC/ I'm CC'ing him since he might be able to give you some hints. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
