From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.193]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E7F92BDB5 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 01:07:33 +1100 (EST) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so74938wra for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:07:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <855e88d0050103060766b09bd0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:07:31 -0500 From: Mike Martin To: Sven Luther In-Reply-To: <20050103140102.GA9197@pegasos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII References: <20050101150055.GA15400@pegasos> <200501011630.j01GUP1R007603@arbas.nms.ulrich-teichert.org> <20050101165758.GA18559@pegasos> <855e88d00501011715633922b2@mail.gmail.com> <855e88d0050102201540148511@mail.gmail.com> <20050103070535.GA1644@pegasos> <855e88d0050103053915c385ec@mail.gmail.com> <20050103140102.GA9197@pegasos> Cc: Ulrich Teichert , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: 43p-140 install issues Reply-To: mikemartin@linux.ca List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:01:02 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: [snip] > What exact machine do you have again ? An IBM 7043. It's a 43p-140 labeled as a 604e 332 Mhz. [snip] > > set > > minor is the partition, starting at 1, flag is the flag, (prep in this case) > and on|off is obvious. > > It simply sets the prep flag, which is then translated as a 0x41 partition > type. I think this is a deficiency in the parted/libparted API, but well, > there is not much we can do about that unless a major libparted change. Cool. That's good to know. [snip] > Yep, d-i uses devfs, still partitions start at 1. Ok. Oops > > I see how much more time I can buy with this machine. It may need to > > go back into storage this week if I can't make it run. Not fun. > > What about donating it to debian or something such ? I'd love to however it's not mine to donate. It's the companies (They have 2 actually, I might try the other one since it has slightly different hardware). The problem is: at work, I can't netboot. There is no server that will respond and I can't set one up. I had the machine at home for the holidays and thus can boot it from my LAN. If I can't get it to self-boot before I have to take it back to the office - then I'm stuck. If I can get it to boot the system (even from floppy or cd) I will have it to help test stuff. Otherwise it goes back under the desk where it came from. MikeMartin