Article 30586 of comp.os.linux:
Path: samba!concert!gatech!prism!gg10
From: gg10@prism.gatech.EDU (Gregory Lyle Galloway)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Here's how to install SLS on a PS/ValuePoint
Message-ID: <89026@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 12 Mar 93 04:41:51 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Many people have been wanting to know how to install Linux on an IBM
PS/ValuePoint.  Several people have posted the fixes that need to be
made to the kernel, but these all require that you use a boot/rootdisk
combination rather than installing from Peter's wonderful SLS distribution.

The following instructions describe in detail how to create your own
a1 disk so that you can install SLS on a PS/VP.  It still requires that
you have access to a machine already running Linux so that you can construct
a special kernel hardcoded for your drive type.  Hopefully many of you
can find a friend nearby who can help out.

Maybe someone could post these instructions and their patched kernels for
different drive types to tsx-11.

There should probably be something in the FAQ about this as well.

1) Modify the file /usr/src/linux/include/linux/config.h

Define HD_TYPE with the parameters of your drive.  The file config.h has
instructions on how to set HD_TYPE.  Many PS/VP's use a Maxtor 7213 212MB
drive, so the changes would look like:

#undef HD_TYPE

#ifdef MAXTOR_7213
#define HD_TYPE { 16,38,683,0,683,8 }
#endif

Note: If you have two floppy drives there are some other patches that you
need to make but I don't know what they are.  My friend only had one floppy.

2) Modify the file /usr/src/linux/Makefile

Set ROOT_DEV and RAMDISK as shown below:

#define ROOT_DEV FLOPPY
#define RAMDISK 657

and add the following line after the definition of CFLAGS:

CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -DMAXTOR_7213

3) cd to the /usr/src/linux directory
   type "make config" and answer the questions however you like
   type "make dep; make clean; make zImage"

4) Pad the file zImage out to 512k bytes using the command:

cat zImage /dev/zero | dd bs=1024 count=512 of=zImage512k

5) Insert the original a1 disk into the drive and type:

dd bs=1024 skip=512 if=/dev/fd0 of=a1-512k

6) Insert a new formatted floppy into the drive and type:

cat zImage512k a1-512k | dd of=/dev/fd0

This is your new a1 bootdisk.

7) Now remove the ramdisk from the original kernel you built:

rdev -r zImage 0

8) Tar and zip this file:

tar cf - zImage | gzip >Image.tpz

9) Insert the a2 disk into the drive and mount it:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt

10) Copy the new kernel onto a2:

rm /mnt/Image.tpz
cp Image.tpz /mnt
umount /dev/fd0

11) Now you should be ready to install.

Good luck,

Greg Galloway
gregg@discovery.gatech.edu

Disclaimer:  I do not have a PS/VP.  I have a Gateway which I used to help
out a friend.  I have not tested this a whole lot.