I tested d-i using BootX. 1) Burn a CD from
http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/powerpc/ (I used the sarge-powerpc-netinst iso). 2) Boot into MacOS, insert the CD, and copy linux.bin and root.bin from /install/powermac/ to your Linux Kernels folder in the System Folder. Of course, if you already have files there, you might want to rename these. 3) Start BootX. Set the Options to use a root disk, and Browse to the root.bin you just copied in. Make sure the no-video-driver box is _not_ checked (at least on my box). Add the boot argument: init=/linuxrc 4) Save preferences, if you want, and push the Linux button. 5) When the machine reboots, it ejects the CD. The next screen you see after the boot arguments is the Language Chooser; before choosing a language, re-insert the CD. This will let the CD detection code detect it automatically. If you don't insert it now, you will get an opportunity later when it can't find a CD. 6) Test installer! The incarnation I used couldn't install the kernel and modules because of the missing ppcdetect. I got around this in console 2 by copying the kernel from /cdrom/install/powermac to /target/boot. If I knew more about udpkg, I could probably install modules also :) ... as it was, I just cp -R /lib/modules /target/lib/modules Ah, the joys of busybox with autocompletion, history, and cp -R !! 7) Use reboot in console 2 to quit the installer. 8) There is no quik-installer yet, but you can boot your installed system by using BootX again. Un-check the root disk option, remove init=/linuxrc, and type in the designation of your root partition such as hda6 in the space provided. I actually got it booted; my bogus modules didn't load, no automatic base-config yet; but we're getting there! -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
