[Cbe-oss-dev] FC5 install with CB1-FW-6.14.1

[Sidney Manning]

I'm trying to do a network install of a (revision 8 board) but my system
hangs up shortly after starting anaconda.

I boot from the firmware as follows: "netboot vnc console=hvc0 nosmp
mem=256M loglevel=6"
I've tried both ppc64.img (stock FC5 image) and ppc64bcmfix.img

Last few messages (from my notes)
Greetings.
...

anaconda installer init version 11.0.5 using /dev/hvc0 as console
could not new controlling tty
mounting /tmp as ramfs ... done
running install ...
running /sbin/loader
G


Why is "help" is gone from this version of firmware?  It was in the BeeKee
version and while it was incomplete it was still useful at times.

Why the 90 second pause after the "Welcome to Open Firmware screen"?

Where can I download official firmware and how can I update the H8
firmware?  My console output is all garbled, don't know if that is because
I moved from rtas to hvc or because the h8 and blade fw are out of sync.

Thanks,

Sidney Manning -- IBM-STI Design Center Austin, TX
sid at us.ibm.com -- (512) 838-1125, TL/678-1125