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http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/images-m68k/daily/mac/ (29th March) uname -a: Linux caleb 2.2.25-mac #1 Thu Mar 18 01:26:39 CET 2004 m68k GNU/Linux Date: 18:50 BST, 29th March 2004 Method: Penguin 18 boot loader for nativehd-vmlinuz-2.2.25-mac and nativehd-initrd.gz. Rest over the network from where ever the default is; I wasn't asked which mirror to use. Machine: Macintosh LC475 Processor: 68040 (full FPU) Memory: 36MB Root Device: 512MB Conner SCSI HD (sdb) Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/sda # type name length base ( size ) system /dev/sda1 HFS MacOS 160000 @ 96 ( 78.1M) HFS /dev/sda2 map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map /dev/sda3 Dr43 Macintosh 32 @ 64 ( 16.0k) Driver 4.3 /dev/sda4 Free Extra 6104 @ 160096 ( 3.0M) Free space Block size=512, Number of Blocks=166200 Disk /dev/sdb # type name length base ( size ) system /dev/sdb1 map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map /dev/sdb2 Drvr Macintosh 32 @ 64 ( 16.0k) Driver /dev/sdb3 HFS MacOS 120000 @ 96 ( 58.6M) HFS /dev/sdb4 unix Swap 140000 @ 120096 ( 68.4M) Linux swap /dev/sdb5 unix UNIX Root&Us 796612 @ 260096 (389.0M) Linux native Block size=512, Number of Blocks=1056708 sdb4 is swap, sdb5 is /, nothing else mounted. Output of lspci: Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [E] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Booting was a real PITA; I think mainly because I tried the images linked from the d-i page first rather than Stephen Marenka's images. Once I had those it was a lot simpler. Was worried about memory as Stephen had said 40MB was probably needed; didn't seem to be a problem however. Disk partitioning only offers /dev/sda; I have /dev/sdb as well which is where I actually wanted to install. Was able to used mac-fdisk from the shell manually to partition /dev/sdb I initially tried with a SyQuest removable drive rather than the Conner drive as sdb, but when it didn't get listed I assumed it wasn't being detected. (sda is an 80MB Quantum drive internal to the Mac which holds Mac OS stuff) All ok until I rebooted into the new system (used the same kernel as for install but told Penguin to pass root=/dev/sdb5): No /etc/fstab; or rather, an empty one. Created this manually. Rest of the install seemed to go fine, albeit very, very slowly. J. -- 101 things you can't have too | .''`. Debian GNU/Linux Developer much of : 16 - Time. | : :' : Happy to accept PGP signed | `. `' or encrypted mail - RSA + | `- DSA keys on the keyservers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
