On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 01:58:05PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > On which kind of powerpc ? It is different on each one, but i will try to > > contribute some stuff for the pegasos case which is of interest to you i > > think. > > I'm specifically trying to get pegasos to work, but generally interested > in making sure that most or all powerpc users have the info in the > manual or a pointer to a place that it is documented.
I just broke my NewWorld mac laptop and had to netboot it to get it to
work again. So it's still fresh in my memory ;-)
What you need is indeed yaboot in a tftp area. I ran
dpkg -x yaboot_1.3.13-3_powerpc.deb .
and copied usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot to /tftpboot, together with the vmlinux
and the initrd.gz that I copied from an archive mirror. Then, I created
a /tftpboot/yaboot.conf that looks like this (information extracted from
the list archives, but slightly modified to make it work in my case):
timeout=100
device=enet:
partition=0
init-message="Debian GNU/Linux Network boot for Debian-Installer (Sarge)"
default=vmlinux
label=vmlinux
image=vmlinux
initrd=initrd.gz
append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
initrd-size=10240
Now, you need to set up a DHCP server. Nothing special there; making
sure next-server is set as usual and that filename contains "yaboot"
should do it. If it doesn't, it's still possible to boot in a more
explicit way (see below)
Next, boot the Mac and make sure you get an OpenFirmware prompt (hold
Command+Option+O+F during boot). At the OpenFirmware prompt, enter
boot enet:
or, if that doesn't work, the more explicit way:
boot enet:<server's IP>,yaboot
e.g.,
boot enet:192.168.0.1,yaboot
Now, all one needs to do is sit back and relax while the system boots
:-)
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