Linux on PowerPC FAQ-O-Matic: Configuring PowerCenter Pro 210 for Linux-PMac

	Linux on PowerPC FAQ-O-Matic : PowerPC Linux : LinuxPPC for PCI Macs : Configuring PowerCenter Pro 210 for Linux-PMac
	I've just recently been able to wrestle Open Firmware into booting Linux-pmac on my PowerCenter Pro 210, since the Boot Variables settings were different from those already posted. My PCC PCP 210 doesn't have MESH anywhere (that I can find), so boot-device: scis-int/sd@1:0 didn't work. (It's a devalias to /bandit/gc/mesh/...) Instead, I used boot-device: /bandit/gc/53c94/sd@1:0. This is interesting to me because it's different from what everyone says it should be and it's also different from what the installer said to use. So: boot-device: /bandit/gc/53c94/sd@1:0 (for ID 1 on SCSI 0) boot-file: /vmlinux input-device: kbd output-device: /bandit/ATY,mach64_3D_pcc -------- It's a bit easier to identify the boot-device on the PowerCenter series as simply /scsi/sd@X:0. Where X is the device ID. In most cases you can leave the boot-file empty. aboyer@erols.com, lna@bigfoot.com
	In clarification: 1) X Windows will not function on Power Center Pro machines under Linux-pmac. 2) Boot Variables in unnecessary when using MkLinux. Keep fighting the good fight, Andrew aboyer@erols.com
	X does work, but you need a recent version of Xpmac which you can get from ftp.linuxppc.org/users/atong download it and put it in /usr/X11/bin/ it should work just fine. dwheeler@eris.cs.umb.edu
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