10 Aug
2012
10 Aug
'12
4:49 p.m.
From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:42:31 +0200
Subject: Re: Found a rs6000 43p
John Many Jars <john at yoyodyne-propulsion.net> wrote:
It should also run Solaris 2.5.1. I think I have the install CD.
--
Michael Thompson
This one has AIX on it... it fails bootup and
drops you to some sort
of prompt right after it plays it's tune (with the little speaker
icon).
You can type ls at the prompt and gets what looks like a list of devices.
Should I bit it, or is it worth trying to fix? Anyone point me in the
right direction?
There are several different variants of 43P. This one seems to be
a
43P-150 because you can type "ls" and get a divice tree. This sounds
like the OpenFirmWare of a CHRP machine. The enclosure of the machine
should be black?
You have a quite capable PPC machine there. You could reinstall AIX.
Instalation media should be obtainable. An other option is to install
NetBSD. Maybe it drops to OFW just because autoboot is disabled. Try to
type "boot" at the OFW prompt and see..
\end{Jochen}