In <Pine.WNT.4.21.0104020901160.277-100000@a28043.net.slk.com>
jlindgren@slk.com wrote:

> I recently ran into a 43p/133 (7248), and would like to get NetBSD running
> on this box.  I've used many such machines in the past, but was never
> allowed the opportunity to get into firmware, etc...  Are there any
> gotcha's in booting these?  Is netbooting easier than floppy?
> 
> I was going to use the boot floppy mentioned in tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp's
> Feb '01 email... but again, I'm not too familiar with the firmware
> here.  Is it easy enough to grok, or will I need to know any magic switches?

You can get "System Management Services" disk from the IBM web site:
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/support/micro/

See the following page for some details:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IBM7248-HOWTO/sms.html
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp