Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:05:37 -0600 From: Will Schmidt <will_schmidt(a)vnet.ibm.com&gt; To: George E Sollish <gsollish(a)autogear.net&gt; Cc: ppc(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: IBM Intellistation 275 On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 04:51 -0500, George E Sollish wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for explaining why it doesn't work, and why crux ppc64 does. I'm > running IBM's last firmware rev on the 9114-275 (...d79e22...) so that > avenue's already closed. I took a quick look at the fairly intimidating > webpage Dan suggested --- does the donor fedora system need to be a > ppc32/64, or can it be one of my several intel installs? I like the idea > of a smaller boot image, but that's way beyond me. Is there a chance that > could be made available? > Previously, I've run Crux ppc64 on this machine; currently its running > AIX 5.3. Have you tinkered at all with real-base values on the 275 ? Historically when one switches between AIX (or AIX based system diagnostics CD) and Linux, the real-base values get updated and the updated values have potential to confuse the snot out of firmware. I've no idea if the later bootloaders correctly handle the scenario, or if it's actually a problem that exists with the firmware on the 275, but may be worth poking at. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527506#c5 and later for some comments on that subject. Thanks, -Will

Hi, I've tried this several times over several Fedora ppc64 releases, most recently 17, and each time my IBM 9114-275 reads the install iso but exits with an 'kernel read failed' error. I'm reasonably sure the iso's are good. Am I missing some special boot instructions? Previously, I've run Crux ppc64 on this machine; currently its running AIX 5.3.

Only issue here as I see it, is that you need to have a running system to set this all up. I would suggest that a smaller initrd image is needed. OR we need updated frimware from IBM.