[rock-user] Starting up an RS/6000

Hey guys,

Got this 'brandnew' IBM RS6000 7025-F40... It's got AIX installed, and
ALL I want with this thing is to run Linux. I just got this machine for
free. Had dual 604e and 1G of RAM, 4 * 4.5G SCSI HDD's and a SSA Cabinet
with 16 * 4.5G SCSI HDD's. I'm getting the cables for the SSA later next
week ;) The only thing I don't have is the AIX root's pw... but that's
ok... don't want to be in the system, want to reinstall it (hehe)

I've been trying to start this thing, but ran into lotsa problems I'm
not used to. For instance that 'OpenFirmware' stuff is horrific...
yuk...

Ok, I managed to get the following running:
Pressing '1' on POST CODE FF1 brings the OpenFirmware Menu
Pressing '5' starts some kind of configuration stuff
Pressing '8' starts the OpenFirmware console prompt (the 'Ok' prompt)

So, I press '8' to bring up the menu and type the following to boot
using the cd...

  boot cdrom /boot/<kernel-name> console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
initrd=/boot/<initrd-name>

Now I've downloaded many cd's including your
drock-2.0.1-rev3163-ppc_cd1.iso
At least this CD has some mentioning of rs6000 capability as
zImage.chrp-rs6k-2.4.22-benh2 sounds good to me LOL

So... tried
  boot cdrom /boot/zImage.chrp-rs6k-2.4.22-benh2 console=ttyS0,9600
console=tty0 initrd=initrd-2.4.22-benh2-rock.img

And where all the other CD's just 'hang', I am now returned to the Ok
prompt without an error...
But it looks like it isn't 'doing' much either.... I was hoping somebody
has a little experience they would like to share...

PS... I actually came to Rock Linux after long hours of googling for
rs6000 bootable cd's... ;)

Cheers...
Rory