RS/6000 44P Model 270 44P

[Guy M. Streeter]

The 44p/270 can run a 32bit kernel.

--Guy

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 11:14, Ken Tossell wrote:
> Jeremy Rodriguez wrote:
>
> >I have a IBM RS/6000 44P  Model 270 with a WYSE WY-60 hooked up to it. What
> >version of linux will definitely work on it?
> >I have tried Mandrake and received the error below. I posted to their groups
> >but  had no success.
> >Has anybody installed linux on this box before?
> >
> >I am trying to install 9.1 PPC on an IBM RS/6000 44P  Model 270 with a WYSE
> >WY-60 hooked up to it. I have made the boot floppies and changed the prom:
> >
> >setenv boot-device boot floppy:\zimage
> >setenv boot-file fake_initrd root=/dev/fd0 rw load_ramdisk=1
> >ramdisk_size=36000
> >boot
> >
> >After it starts to boot itgoes to >
> >boot chrpboot starting: loaded at 0x00400000
> >gunzipping (0x000100000 <- 0x004062b8:0x00400000
> >49112 bytes of heap consumed, max in use 41064
> >start address = 0x10000
> >instantinating rtas at 00600000 ... done
> >copying of device tree...done
> >returning 0x00010000 from prom_init
> >
> >The system is in a hung state. I have no X so I need to do a text install.
> >Has anyone had these errors occur? I am not really sure where to go from
> >here, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> It looks like your box has just figured out that it's trying to boot a
> ppc32 kernel :)
>
> You'll have to start the installation under a 64bit kernel somehow...
> Maybe you could burn a new Mandrake boot cd, replacing the kernel...
>
> >
> >
> >
>
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