In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Golan) wrote:
> I didn't realize that getting Debian onto this iBook would be so > difficult. I hope someone on this list has some clues to help > me. First I have to ask if anyone knows of anyone installing Debian on > one of these things? Several people have installed debian on the new ibook. Learn to use google: you could have gotten most of what I'm posting via <http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ibook&hl=en&group=debian.powerpc&safe= off&sa=G&scoring=d> > My problems begin with the fact that I can't find any tools from Apple > to repartition the disk. Neither the included Mac OS X CD or the > Software Restore CD have HD Setup. What does Apple use these days to > partition drives? I want to Dual boot Mac OS and Linux and thought it > would be better to create the new Mac OS partitions with an Apple > tool. http://www.cfcl.com/~eryk/linux/pdisk/ is pretty much the same as the 'mac-fdisk' built into the debian installer. There's no better partition editor for the mac, on any OS. > I can't even see yet how to use pdisk on the Debian CD because it > doesn't boot. When booting holding down the c key, all I get is a pure > white screen. I've tried net booting too. While using bootp, I get an > "Unknown DHCP Request (8)" in the server's logs and when using dhcpd, > I get "DHCPInform from ..." in the logs. Either way the iBook just > sits there with the little earth flashing in the middle of the > screen. You need to boot with OF video, as the potato (and probably the woody) installer doesn't support the ati rage128 M3 chipset yet. boot hd:XXX,yaboot video=ofonly > Anyone know of any "hacked for iBook" Debian CDs? Other leads? One > idea is to install Yellow Dog Linux and then start the Debian install > from the previous YDL installation. There must be an easier way. If we're lucky, woody (currently "testing") will support the iBook (dual-USB). But debian tends toward stabilty rather than bleeding-edge features, so owners of new hardware always have to struggle a bit. -- Mike -- Michael Blakeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.blakeley.com/> Performance Analysis for Internet Technologies
