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| 9 | <sections> |
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| 11 | <version>2.11</version> |
11 | <version>2.12</version> |
| 12 | <date>2006-02-27</date> |
12 | <date>2006-03-16</date> |
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| 14 | <section> |
14 | <section> |
| 15 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
15 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
| 16 | <subsection> |
16 | <subsection> |
| 17 | <title>Introduction</title> |
17 | <title>Introduction</title> |
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| 349 | <subsection> |
349 | <subsection> |
| 350 | <title>IBM pSeries</title> |
350 | <title>IBM pSeries</title> |
| 351 | <body> |
351 | <body> |
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| 353 | <p> |
353 | <p> |
| 354 | For pSeries boxes, sometimes the cds might not autoboot. You might have |
354 | The CD should autoboot on your pSeries box, but sometimes it does not. In that |
| 355 | to set up your cdrom as a bootable device in the multi-boot menu. (F1 at |
355 | case, you have to set up your cdrom as a bootable device in the multi-boot |
| 356 | startup) The other option is to jump into OF and do it from there: |
356 | menu. If you start your machine with a monitor and a keyboard attached, you can |
| 357 | </p> |
357 | reach the multi-boot menu pressing the F1 key on startup. But if you start your |
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358 | machine using the serial console, then you have to press <c>1</c>. Press the |
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359 | key when you see the beginning of the following line on the serial console: |
| 359 | <p> |
360 | </p> |
| 360 | 1) Boot into OF (this is 8 from the serial cons or F8 from a graphics |
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| 361 | cons, start hitting the key when you see the keyboard mouse etc etc |
362 | <pre caption="Hit the '1' key when this line appears"> |
| 362 | messages |
363 | memory keyboard network scsi speaker |
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364 | </pre> |
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| 363 | </p> |
366 | <p> |
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367 | The other option is to jump into OpenFirmware and do it from there: |
| 364 | <p> |
368 | </p> |
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370 | <ol> |
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371 | <li> |
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372 | Boot into OpenFirmware: same procedure as getting into multi-boot |
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373 | (described a few lines above), but use F8 and 8 instead of F1 and 1. |
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374 | </li> |
| 365 | 2) run the command 0> boot cdrom:1,yaboot |
375 | <li>Run the command 0> boot cdrom:1,yaboot</li> |
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376 | <li>Stand back and enjoy!</li> |
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377 | </ol> |
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379 | <note> |
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380 | If you get something like the following output, then OpenFirmware isn't set up |
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381 | correctly. Please use the multi-boot option described above. |
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382 | </note> |
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384 | <pre caption="Output if OpenFirmwareF is not set up correctly"> |
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385 | 0 > boot cdrom:1,yaboot |
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386 | ok |
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387 | 0 > |
| 366 | </p> |
388 | </pre> |
| 367 | <p> |
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| 368 | 3) stand back and enjoy! |
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| 369 | </p> |
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| 371 | </body> |
390 | </body> |
| 372 | </subsection> |
391 | </subsection> |
| 373 | <subsection id="booted"> |
392 | <subsection id="booted"> |
| 374 | <title>And When You're Booted...</title> |
393 | <title>And When You're Booted...</title> |
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