<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Installing GNU/Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Installing GNU/Linux on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Ingvar Hagelund</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > <TT CLASS="EMAIL" ><<A HREF="mailto:ingvar@linpro.no" >ingvar@linpro.no</A >></TT ><br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 2.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-06-02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >2.0 is out.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.64</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-06-01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >YellowDog 3.0 (Sirius) is availble through dist-upgrade</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.63</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-05-26</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Main parts of Suse, Yellowdog and Debian and Mandrake done.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.62</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-02-26</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Working on complete new version with several distributions.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.6</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-12-19</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Change from LinuxPPC to other distributions, first sketch</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.52</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-08-29</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added a chapter on Linux 2.4. Fixed some dead and wrong links. Fixed a lot of typos.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.51</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-04-06</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Download site for LinuxPPC-2000 Q4 cd images</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.50</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-02-06</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Now supports LinuxPPC-2000 Q4</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.40</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2000-12-14</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ih</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Translated to SGML. This is the initial release for LDP</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN56" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document describes the installation of several Linux distributions on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 series. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#COPYRIGHT" >Copyright Information and Legal stuff</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#DISCLAIMER" >Disclaimer and scope</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#NEW-VERSIONS" >New versions</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="intro.html#CREDITS" >Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="intro.html#FEEDBACK" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="intro.html#TRANSLATIONS" >Translations</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="overview.html" >Overview</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="overview.html#HARDWARE" >The IBM RS6000 43P 7248-132</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="overview.html#PROCEDURE" >What's the matter, why not use the original installation procedure?</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="overview.html#WHAT-DISTRIBUTIONS" >What distributions are supported</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="overview.html#TODO-OVERVIEW" >An overview on what to do</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="sms.html" >Setting up the hardware with SMS</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="sms.html#BIOS" >Where is the BIOS?</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="sms.html#SMS-HOWTO" >How to use the SMS</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="sms.html#SETTINGS" >What settings to use</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="sms.html#HARDWARE-INFO" >More info about the hardware</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="get-the-installation-files.html" >Get the installation files</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="get-the-installation-files.html#CD" >Buying a CD</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="get-the-installation-files.html#FTP-IMAGES" >Download CD images over FTP or HTTP</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="get-the-installation-files.html#NETWORK-INSTALL" >Network installation</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="floppies.html" >Make boot floppies</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="floppies.html#WHAT-FLOPPIES" >What floppies to make</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="floppies.html#FLOPPIES-HOWTO" >How to make the boot floppies</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="install-program.html" >Boot the machine and start the installation program</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="install-program.html#PARTITIONS" >A note on partitions</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="install-program.html#BOOT" >Boot the machine and start the installer</A ></DT ><DT >6.3. <A HREF="install-program.html#DEBIAN-INSTALLER" >The Debian installer</A ></DT ><DT >6.4. <A HREF="install-program.html#SUSE-INSTALLER" >The SuSE installer</A ></DT ><DT >6.5. <A HREF="install-program.html#YDL-INSTALLER" >The Yellow Dog installer</A ></DT ><DT >6.6. <A HREF="install-program.html#MANDRAKE-INSTALLER" >The Mandrake installer</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="postconfig.html" >Post installation configuration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="postconfig.html#BOOTPROMPT" >The Boot Prompt</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="postconfig.html#POSTCONFIG-DEBIAN" >Post installation configuration of Debian</A ></DT ><DT >7.3. <A HREF="postconfig.html#POSTCONFIG-SUSE" >Post configuration of SuSE</A ></DT ><DT >7.4. <A HREF="postconfig.html#POSTCONFIG-YDL" >Post configuration of Yellow Dog</A ></DT ><DT >7.5. <A HREF="postconfig.html#POSTCONFIG-MDK" >Post configuration of Mandrake</A ></DT ><DT >7.6. <A HREF="postconfig.html#POSTCONFIG-DONE" >Installation: Done!</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="oddsnends.html" >Odds and ends</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="oddsnends.html#NETWORK-HANGS" >Network hangs</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="kernel.html" >Compile a kernel</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >9.1. <A HREF="kernel.html#WHY-UPDATE-THE-KERNEL" >Why update the kernel</A ></DT ><DT >9.2. <A HREF="kernel.html#WHAT-FILES-TO-DOWNLOAD" >What files to download</A ></DT ><DT >9.3. <A HREF="kernel.html#PATCHING-THE-SOURCE" >Patching the source</A ></DT ><DT >9.4. <A HREF="kernel.html#CONFIGURING-THE-KERNEL" >Configuring the kernel</A ></DT ><DT >9.5. <A HREF="kernel.html#COMPILING-AND-INSTALLING-THE-KERNEL" >Compiling and installing the kernel</A ></DT ><DT >9.6. <A HREF="kernel.html#CONFIGURE-MODULES" >Configure modules</A ></DT ><DT >9.7. <A HREF="kernel.html#PRAY-AND-REBOOT" >Pray and reboot</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >10. <A HREF="set-up-x.html" >Set up X</A ></DT ><DT >11. <A HREF="resources.html" >Resources</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >11.1. <A HREF="resources.html#OTHER-RESOURCES-ON-LINUX-PPC-AND-43P-BOXES" >Other resources on Linux/PPC and 43P boxes</A ></DT ><DT >11.2. <A HREF="resources.html#OTHER-FLAVOURS" >Installing other operating systems on the 7248</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >12. <A HREF="todo.html" >Todo</A ></DT ><DT >13. <A HREF="faq.html" >Frequently Asked Questions</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >13.1. <A HREF="faq.html#XF68-OR-XF86" >XF68 or XF86</A ></DT ><DT >13.2. <A HREF="faq.html#SNOW" >There is "snow" on my X desktop</A ></DT ><DT >13.3. <A HREF="faq.html#SUPPORTED-HARDWARE" >I can't get my hardware to work</A ></DT ><DT >13.4. <A HREF="faq.html#MOUNT-PREP-PARTITION" >The PReP boot partition?</A ></DT ><DT >13.5. <A HREF="faq.html#RAM" >It won't boot at all. Could it be bad RAM?</A ></DT ><DT >13.6. <A HREF="faq.html#SCSI-HANG" >Kernel boots, but stops at "Parity checking"</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >14. <A HREF="sirius.html" >Appendix: Updating from YellowDog 2.3 (Dayton) to 3.0 (Sirius)</A ></DT ><DT >15. <A HREF="cfdisk.html" >Appendix: Using cfdisk to partition your harddisk</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.1. <A HREF="cfdisk.html#HARDDISK-NAMES" >Hard disk names</A ></DT ><DT >15.2. <A HREF="cfdisk.html#HARDDISK-PARTITIONS" >Harddisk partitions</A ></DT ><DT >15.3. <A HREF="cfdisk.html#STARTING-CFDISK" >Starting cfdisk</A ></DT ><DT >15.4. <A HREF="cfdisk.html#USING-CFDISK" >Using cfdisk</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >16. <A HREF="more-on-partitioning.html" >Appendix: More on partitioning</A ></DT ><DT >17. <A HREF="make-sms-and-firmware.html" >Appendix: Make SMS and firmware floppies from Linux</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >17.1. <A HREF="make-sms-and-firmware.html#SMS-WHY" >Why?</A ></DT ><DT >17.2. <A HREF="make-sms-and-firmware.html#SMS-HOW" >How?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT ><A HREF="doc-index.html" >Index</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >