Installing 4.0 on Xserve G5

[Maerina, Gilbert]

>From my experience, I connected a x86 laptop to the XServe using a null serial modem cable. Then ,using hyperterminal set at 56K 8-n-1, the XServe was booted into OpernFirmware mode and at the prompt enter:
 boot cd:,\\yaboot

You'll get a list of install options after that.

If you connect using a Linux, you can use minicom with the same settings, 56K 8-n-1.

Hope this helps,

Gilbert Maerina

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-----Original Message-----
From: yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com [mailto:yellowdog-general-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf Of lasalle at bard.edu
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:19 AM
To: yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: Installing 4.0 on Xserve G5


On Feb 22, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Cian Duffy wrote:

> €
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/breakdown/index.php? 
> hw_cat_id=2
> €
> To do with video not being available on some XServes. As he's trying
> €
> to use Anaconda, which uses X, its not going to install like that...
>

 From the href:

headless booting	Yes**
** Via Y-HPC or manual configuration.

I have two cluster nodes being shipped to me at the moment and I'm  
planning on slapping YDL on one when it arrives for comparison.  The  
Apple education discount is too good to consider buying elsewhere  
(unless I missed some TSS education discount...).  Does anyone have a  
link to the manual configuration necessary for headless booting?

TIA,
Jurvis LaSalle


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