Hi,
I am managed to install SuSE Linux on my FireWire iBook without much
trouble (BTW, SuSE 7.0 CD also CANNOT be started on FW iBook, just like
Debian 2.2r2 CD). However, I am still not giving up Debian. I suggest to
explore the same technique I used to install SuSE for Debian, please let
me know what do you think.
After all, it works, it simple, and it do not require manual editing of
open firmware variables, and I use this HFS partition for file exchange,
too.
Here how to do it. Create small HFS partition and put there fake system
folder, yaboot, yaboot.conf and os-chooser. Stripped kernel sits on this
partition, checks for hardware and loads installer.
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Yaboot.conf looks like:
default = linux # (or default = install, during installation)
timeout = 50
image = vmlinux
label = install
append = "ramdisk_size=64000 load_ramdisk=1 video=aty128fb:vmode:10"
initrd = ramdisk.image.gz
root = /dev/fd0
image = ultra0:10,/boot/vmlinux-2.1.18
label = linux
append = "video=aty128fb:vmode:10"
root = /dev/hda10
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OS Chooser is actually TEXT file containing:
<CHRP-BOOT>
<COMPATIBLE>
iMac,1 PowerMac1,1 PowerBook1,1 PowerMac2,1 PowerMac3,1 PowerBook2,1
PowerBook3,1 PowerMac2,2 PowerBook2,2 PowerMac3,3 PowerMac5,1 PowerBook3,2
</COMPATIBLE>
<DESCRIPTION>
Linux/PPC Yaboot bootloader
</DESCRIPTION>
<BOOT-SCRIPT>
" get-key-map" " keyboard" open-dev $call-method
dup 20 dump
5 + c@ 08 = if
" Booting MacOS ..." cr " boot ultra0:9,\\:tbxi" eval
else
" Booting Yaboot ..." cr " boot ultra0:12,\\yaboot" eval
then
</BOOT-SCRIPT>
<OS-BADGE-ICONS>
1010
... blah blah blah
--> Its type/creator should be changed to tbxi/chrp if you want to boot
Linux. SPACE used during stratup to switch between MacOS and Linux.
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lilo.conf (LInux LOader configuration)
boot = /dev/hda12
timeout = 100
activate
default = linux
bootfolder = suseboot
image = /boot/vmlinux
label = linux
root = /dev/hda10
append = "load_ramdisk=1 video=aty128fb:vmode:10 "
other = /dev/hda9
label = macos
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