I'm developing a process for installing debian on a 68k mac without the use of mac OS, using Laurent Vivert's EMILE. will try adapting to d-i after i'm done.
- Eric On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 07:54:18 -0500, Stephen R Marenka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, I'd like everyone to followup to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > That's what I'll be doing. > > Debian-installer is working on releasing rc2 and m68k has recently > undergone a major reorganization (dropping build times by 2/3's). > We now have support for amiga, atari, bvme6000, mac, mvme147, mvme16x, > and q40/q60. > > Further, we're going to be releasing with 2.4.27 instead of the better- > tested, but security-vulnerable 2.4.26. > > Daily ramdisk builds are at > <http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/images-m68k/daily/>. > > Daily iso's are at > <http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/m68k/current/>. > > The d-i home page is at <http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/>. > > The Installation Guide has also been updated, particularly chapter 5, > please read over it and tell me what you'd like to see fixed (both in > chapter 5 and elsewhere). > <http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.m68k/index.html>. > > Minimum RAM seems to be about 24MB, although 2.4.x kernel users may get > away with less (let me know either way). > > Now would be way better than later to get things fixed. > > CAVEATS: > 1) 2.2.25 does support ext3, although I've had some reports that ext3 > doesn't work right on vme. > > 2) atari-bootstrap needs an update and we're working on it. If the > current doesn't work, please try > <http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/bootloaders/atari/ataboot.ttp>. > It allows booting linux on AfterBurner040, CT2, and CT60 accelerator > cards with small ST-RAM, allows loading the ramdisk to TT/FastRAM, > fixes Load-to-TTRAM GEMDOS header flag and more. (Thanks Petr!) > > 3) q40 hasn't been tested. I haven't even told Richard Zidlicky that I'm > building images yet. No bootloader or documentation. I'm slack. > Hopefully we can get that cleaned up soon. > > All comments welcome. > > Thanks, > > Stephen > > -- > Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >
