SuSE Linux PowerPC: Version 6.4
You want to install SuSE Linux 6.4 on an RS6000 43P150 or B50.
Copy the boot image to disk 1:
mcopy /mnt/cdrom/suse/images/zImage.chrp a:zImage
Copy the ramdisk to disk 2:
dd if=/mnt/cdrom/suseboot/ramdisk.image.gz of=/dev/fd0
During start-up, press F8 after the keyboard has been detected.
Check the correct entry in OpenFirmware with:
OF> printenv boot-device
Output example:
OF>boot-device /pci@80000000/scsi@10/sd@2:2
The "2" after the colon is superfluous; therefore, set a new boot device with:
OF> setenv boot-device /pci@80000000/scsi@10/sd@2
If the boot device output only points to the disk, i.e. if it is not followed by a colon, everything is OK and you do not need to modify anything.
OF> boot floppy:,\zImage root=/dev/fd0 init_ramdisk=1
fake_initrd
snd_port is 0x534 snd_cport is 0x538 snd_irq is 5 snd_mpu_port is 0x330 snd_mpu_irq is 9 snd_fm_port is 0x388 snd_dma1 is 1 snd_dma2 is 3 snd_isapnp is 0
The direct sound test in YaST2 will not produce any results unless you use a mixer to increase the volume (the default value is 0).