On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:37:38AM +0100, Jay Barrett wrote: > Hi, > > Has anybody run Linux on a IBM 43P (7049)?
Yes. I have it on a 43p 150. Search the debian-ppc list for a post on how to do it. In brief, 1. Build bin utils for cross compiler. 2. Build gcc for cross compiler. 3. Build kernel using said cross compiler. 4. Build a busybox init/user fs. 5. Export your fs with NFS. 6. tftpboot your kernel with NFS root. If you want, you can use the debian ppc distro for pieces/all of the above. I now have my box using the unstable fs from debian, but I still build the kernel using my custom compiler via tftpboot . Since its not high on my priority to get it to boot from disk, I haven't played with it much more. I never got X working, nor raid for the same reason. FWIW, mine is 1GB memory with 3 SCSI 18-GB drives. It makes for a hellagood nfs server. JD > > Regards, > Jay > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Happy Trails John F. Davis ABC #6334 1992 R100GSPD Durham, North Carolina http://www.skink.net -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
