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Does the PPC-version install without problems on a Peg2 or should I expect similar probs ? :?:
Did anyone do stresstests to the marvell-gigabit interface on suse11 allready ? :?:
OK, I was wrong. At least partially :-) With a little workaround, installation of openSUSE 11.0 works without problems. I could only stress marvell-gigabit on a 10/100 network, but there I did not have any troubles.
The following workaround should work on most Peg2 machines and involves the use of yaboot. One needs to copy the following files from the suseboot directory to the root of an ext2/ext3 partition on the Pegasos:
- yaboot
yaboot.cnf
yaboot.txt
inst32
Then reboot the machine and boot yaboot from the OK prompt, like this:
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boot hd:0 yaboot
A short description of yaboot should appear. Here enter the following at the ':' prompt:
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This uses the driverupdate from openSuSE to fix an ugly crash bug in package selection. Of course any other boot parameters can be added here, for a complete list, see
http://en.opensuse.org/Linuxrc
From this point installation works without any problems. I installed my system using the marvell-gigabit Ethernet port.
Have a lot of fun!