Pismo boots then ?

I know that the linuxppc-dev-list is not intended for user support,
anyway, I hope that the point of my posting still won't have been
covered.

I finally get my pismo to boot linux using yaboot :

- created 4 partitions (mac hfs+,boot hfs,swap,linuxroot).
- made a copy of vmlinux kernel (from
  suseboot.hqx),yaboot,yaboot.conf,ramdisk.image.gz into the boot partition.
- edited the yaboot.conf as following
        timeout = 60
        default = install
        image = hd:10,vmlinux
        label = install
        initrd = hd:10,ramdisk.image.gz
        initrd-size = 8192

- as shown by the DriveSetup, my boot hfs partition had the number 9
- as shown with printenv in the OF, boot had the number 9
- finally, it has booted with number 10

-> typed "boot hd:10,yaboot" and then it booted

Finally, my kernel booted nice into the Suse install items, but I
haven't the suse CD (only the linuxppc1999 CD), and unfortunately I
wasn't able to continue my installation.

? Do I need absolutely one of the newest distribution CD (ppc2000 or
suseppc), or can I continue in an other way (using the linuxppc1999
distribution, or doing it via FTP, or even NFS).

Thanks for examining my request.

Bye.

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claude

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On Tue, May 02, claude@convergence.de wrote:

Finally, my kernel booted nice into the Suse install items, but I
haven't the suse CD (only the linuxppc1999 CD), and unfortunately I
wasn't able to continue my installation.

Just replace the ramdisk.image.gz with the version from your CD.

? Do I need absolutely one of the newest distribution CD (ppc2000 or
suseppc), or can I continue in an other way (using the linuxppc1999
distribution, or doing it via FTP, or even NFS).

The binaries should work, you need only the latest kernel version.
Take it from BenH's website or from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/BETA.
The /proc/sys/dev directory might be useful, you can switch some
features on and off :=)


Gruss Olaf

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