On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 10:32:35PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > I tested d-i using BootX.
Cool. Tell me again though, there are some oldworld pmacs which can't do this and need miboot, right ? > 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 I thought this was not necessary anymore. What is the exact status on this ? Friendly, > 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! Yes, we need a volunteer to work on quik-installer. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
