> > i helped someone install a debian only 7200 over irc, it can be done, > the OF boot device i think ended up being: > > scsi/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0 > > you will need a serial terminal to interface with OF however.
Sometimes...depends on the brokenness. :) The easiest way IMHO is to use bootvars, and hope your aliases aren't broken (screen for output, and keyb for input). That was on a 5400/180 though, the 7200 may be worse. This assumes you've still got a tiny MacOS partition to muck with until you get the quik configured correctly. > also note that he has failed to get a kernel past 2.2.14 to boot on > this machine from OF. (i built the kernels for him, i built the > 2.2.14 its running now) > > you best bet getting started is using the miboot boot floppies, these > do not require macos. get hfs-boot.img or someting like that when you > download the boot floppies. What exactly is miboot? And where can I read docs for it? Would it be possible to pull a yaboot-like bootup with miboot? Create a small partition at the beginning of the drive to hold miboot? Or is this completely unfeasable? -Jeremiah Merkl
