IBM Intellistation 275

[Will Schmidt]

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

> 
> Once again, thanks, for the help and for revitalizing fedora ppc.
> 
> George E Sollish
> Chief Engineer
> AUTO GEAR COMPANY, INC
> 
> SYRACUSE -- since 1885, the first
> name in automotive gearing
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