PPC: 7.0: booting a POWER3 machine into the installer

Support knowledgebase (olh_ppc_70_power3_cd)
Applies to

SuSE Linux PowerPC: Version 7.0

Request:

You want to install SuSE Linux 7.0 for PowerPC on a POWER3 based RS/6000.
This article explains the steps needed to get into the installer.

Note: It is NOT possible to install the _German_ 7.0-ppc version on a POWER3 machine.
Of course, you can always choose German as the language during the install process.

Procedure:

The 3rd CD is bootable on POWER3 machines. The following machines are known to work:
44p 170
43p 260
43p 270
pSeries 680  (B80)
It is possible that you will not be able to use the bootloader on the third CD, due to some bugs in it. This depends on the machine configuration. A new ISO boot image can be found on our FTP server:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/boot/b80.img 
Download this image and burn it onto a CD. It contains raw data, no need to mount it.

To get into the installer, (with the original CD3 or the newer ISO image) follow these steps:

The same procedure can be used on a 32bit machine like the B50, just use CD2 for installation.


Keywords: PPC, POWERPC, RS6000, PSERIES, BOOT, INSTALL

Categories: CHRP

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