Hi Olaf and other listeners, Success!!! After installing SP2 (which I could download after activating my support key, duhh...) and the SMP kernel, it boots without a problem! I've changed the /sbin/lilo back to the default ('mkfs.msdos -s 8 $OPTION_BOOT || exit 2') and rerun lilo: linux:/etc # lilo running on chrp Boot target is /dev/sda Installing /lib/lilo/chrp/yaboot.chrp onto /dev/sda1 Converted /etc/lilo.conf to /etc/yaboot.conf Prepending '/pci@fef00000/scsi@c/sd@8,0' to open firmware variable boot-device No common Block found No common Block found No common Block found Warning: old boot-file (contains addition OF boot args for kernel, but breaks ya boot): No common Block found No common Block found linux:/etc # So after installing SP2 the following message is gone: Warning: Shrinking PReP boot partition /dev/sda1, avoiding firmware confusion Not sure what patch changed that, but tell the programmer who wrote it: it works! Just as a little proof my /proc/cpuinfo: linux:/ # more /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 604ev clock : 332MHz revision : 1.0 (pvr 000a 0100) bogomips : 330.75 processor : 1 cpu : 604ev clock : 332MHz revision : 1.0 (pvr 000a 0100) bogomips : 330.75 processor : 2 cpu : 604ev clock : 332MHz revision : 1.0 (pvr 000a 0100) bogomips : 330.75 processor : 3 cpu : 604ev clock : 332MHz revision : 1.0 (pvr 000a 0100) bogomips : 330.75 total bogomips : 1323.00 machine : CHRP IBM,7026-H50 Ok, now I'm ready to install the hercules mainframe emulator and try and get it to use the four cpu's (which started this quest.) Thanks for the great support. It sure gave me a crashcourse in linux. Erik Janssen. Olaf Hering wrote:
On Thu, Aug 04, Erik Janssen wrote:
Olaf,
When I use force_fat and run lilo it says: ERROR: !!! unknown option force_fat !!!
You need SP2 for that, also the SP2 kernel can (hopefully) write nvram on your system.
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