Re: problem installing linux on an IBM RS6000 44P-170 machine

From: Alberto 'JCN-9000' Varesio (Fake.User_at_Hotmail.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:51:01 +0200

Shi Jin wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have been working on this machine for more than a week but still not
> able to install linux on it.
> I can either boot from network using tftp or from the floppy, both using
> the Suse zImage.chrp-power3 image. But when the kernel loads, it looks
> like using frame buffer and showing me a graphical penguin logo which
> unfortunately make the whole display a mess thus I could hardly see
> anything. I tried to several ways to disable the framebuffer but none
> worked. I tried something like this
> 0>boot floppy:,\zImage root=/dev/cdrom vga=off framebuffer=silent
> Can anyone confirm that this is a framebuffer issue?
> Is there a way to turn it off?

> By the way, the video card is GXT4000P which doesn't seems to support
> framebuffer.

And which is not supported from any distribution I know.
You need to start using an ASCII terminal on the serial console.
( A PC terminal emulator connection will also do )
Maybe some older Matrox can give you graphic display

Better address this to one of these lists/NG:
rs6kpreplinux-users@lists.solinno.co.uk
rs6k-users@p90.net
comp.os.linux.powerpc
linux.debian.ports.powerpc

There are others too, but I've lost references to them 

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