On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 12:33:51AM +0100, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > Is there a faq or a howto or some other resource I can find on how to > > install debian ppc? Thank you. > > Not yet, sorry. First the boot-floppies must work. After this i know > (hopefully) > how to setup the different powerpc subarchs. But i need also testers!!! > Currently one for pmac and one for prep. Did the kernel-image-xxxx-pmac and > kernel-image-xxxx-prep work for you? Please report anything that is missing -- > in the kernel and for the modules. > > Second request: does someone know how to write unix files in 'rawmode' for > to pmac floppies (on pmac)? Prep uses msdos?
We'd do this via disk images, the same way the m68k people make Mac boot disks. > Has somone tested BootX? OF on pmac can't boot elf-images, it will have the > coff > format? How is it on prep (ppcbug)? Booting with floppy is crasy :-( > Tftp/bootp (netboot) should be much easier, but not everyone has an second > computer. > > The quik package is available in the next days (need also testing). Have we > other > 'lilos' ? What about milo? We might want to make BootX available on the FTP somewhere, once we figure out how to install via it... > Knows someone the format for floppies/cdroms that OF can 'auto-start'? (format > of the bootsector/MBR) I don't think you can make a floppy actually bootable. What we do on the powermac side involves an HFS floppy and an XCOFF boot image. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
