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Installing LinuxPPC-2000 on the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248
Ingvar Hagelund
v1.31 August 2. 2000
This document describes the installation of LinuxPPC-2000 on
the IBM RS/6000 43P model 7248 series.
Table of Contents
1.1 Legal stuff
1.2 Disclaimer and scope
1.3 A short overview on the 43P 7248-133 and
Linux for PowerPC
1.4 What is the matter, why not use the original
install procedure?
1.5 Overview on what to do
2.1 Where is the BIOS?
2.2 How to use the SMS
2.3 What settings to use
2.4 More info about the hardware
3.1 Buying a CD
3.2 Download with FTP
3.3 Network installation
4.1 What floppies to make
4.2 How to make the floppies
5.1 Boot the machine
5.2 Make some hacks
6.1 The LinuxPPC-2000 installer
6.2 Partition the hard disk(s)
6.3 Continue installation
6.4 Select and install packages
6.5 Make a root password and exit
8.1 Support for the internal ethernet adapter
8.2 Configuration files
8.3 Set IP address and netmask
8.4 Set hostname and gateway
8.5 Nameserver specification
8.6 The hosts file
8.7 Restart the network
9.1 Why update the kernel
9.2 What files to download
9.3 Unpacking and patching the source
9.4 Configuring the kernel
9.5 Compiling and installing the kernel
9.6 Setup X
10.1 Support for the internal sound adapter
10.2 Configure the kernel
10.3 Configuring the modules
10.4 Reboot and pray
A.1 Other resources on linuxppc and
43P boxes
A.2 Installing other flavours of Linux
on the 7248
D.1 Harddisk names
D.2 Harddisk partitions
D.3 Starting cfdisk
D.4 Using cfdisk
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