Hi!
I created a simple howto which explains how to install Debian/68k
in ARAnyM and running it. This does not (yet) include networking.
Adrian
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Installing Debian/68k in ARAnyM
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1. Install required packages on the host machine (as root)
# apt install aranym parted debootstrap git
# apt build-dep parted
2. Create a new folder for ARAnym
$ mkdir debian-68k
$ cd debian-68k
3. Run ARAnyM with the GUI and do the initial setup
$ aranym --gui
4. In ARAnym, first create a new disk image
* Click "Disks"
* Click "Path:"
* In the "Choose a file" dialog, type an image filename after "File:",
for example "debian-68k.img", then click "OK"
* In the field "Disk Size:", enter the desired disk image size in Megabytes
* Click "Generate Disk Image"
* Write down the Geometry data, that is the value for Cylinders, Heads and
Sectors per track (not sure if necessary)
* Tick the option "Present"
* Click "Apply"
* Click "Shutdown" to close ARAnym
5. Build a patched version of parted from source
$ git clone https://github.com/glaubitz/parted.git
$ cd parted
$ ./bootstrap
$ ./configure --disable-gcc-warnings
$ make
6. Run parted to create partitions in the newly created disk images (as root)
# /path/to/parted-git/parted/parted debian-68k.img
* Type "mklabel atari" to create an empty partition table
* Type "u", then "b" to switch the units to bytes
* Create an ext3 partition with "mkpart":
- Type "primary" for the type
- Type "ext3" for the filesystem
- Type "0" for the start
- Type a number dividable by 1024 for the end,
e.g. type "21474836480" for a 20 GiB partition
* Create a swap partition with "mkpart"
- Type "primary" for the type
- Type "linux-swap" for the filesystem
- Type the end block of the first partiion
as start, e.g. "21474836480"
- Type a number dividable by 1024 for the end,
then add this value to the start value
e.g. type "25769803776" for a 4 GiB swap
partition after the first partition
* Exit parted by typing "quit"
7. Create a new loop-back device on the host from the disk image file (as root)
# losetup /dev/loop0 debian-68k.img
* The two partitions should now show up as:
- /dev/loop0p1
- /dev/loop0p2
* Create a new ext4 filesystem on the primary partition
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop0p1
8. Mount the disk image and install a minimal Debian/m68k base system into it
(as root)
# mount /dev/loop0 /mnt
# debootstrap --arch=m68k --foreign --no-check-gpg --include=apt,nano
unstable /mnt http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-ports
# umount /mnt
9. Configure ARAnyM to boot the image
* Create a new text file for the ARAnyM configuration
$ $EDITOR debian-68k.cfg
* Use the values for Cylinders, Sectors and Heads from step 4.
[IDE0]
Present = Yes
IsCDROM = No
ByteSwap = Yes
ReadOnly = No
Path = debian-68k2.img
Cylinders = 1058
Heads = 16
SectorsPerTrack = 63
ModelName = Master
10. Configure ARAnyM for Linux
[GLOBAL]
FastRAM = 768
Floppy =
BootstrapArgs =
BootDrive =
GMTime = No
[LILO]
Kernel = vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-m68k
Args = root=/dev/nfhd8p1 init=/bin/bash rw devtmpfs.mount=1 video=atafb:vga16
Ramdisk = initrd.img-3.16.0-4-m68k
LoadToFastRam = No
11. Download kernel and initrd
$ wget
https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/chroots/kernels/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-m68k
$ https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/chroots/kernels/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-m68k
12. Boot ARAnyM
$ aranym-mmu -c debian-68k.cfg -l
13. Once ARAnyM has booted up, run the second stage of debootstrap
# /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
* This takes quite some time, especially the unpacking of the base system
14. Set a root password and a hostname
# passwd (type new password, twice)
# echo "aranym-host" > /etc/hostname
15. Shutdown ARAnym
# sync
* Close the ARAnyM window ot kill the emulator
16. Boot the system normally
$ $EDITOR debian-68k.cfg
* Remove the line "init=/bin/bash" from the "Args" line
* Save the file and exit editor
$ aranym-mmu -c debian-68k.cfg -l
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.''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
: :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org
`. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de
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