Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 10:32:35PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > I tested d-i using BootX.
Greate. Your destined to test disk boots for powerpc then. > Cool. Tell me again though, there are some oldworld pmacs which can't do > this and need miboot, right ? > > > 1) Burn a CD from > > > > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/powerpc/ > > > > (I used the sarge-powerpc-netinst iso). Joeyhs loopback detection udeb _will_be_ helpfull there. Just dump the image to harddisk and hope it finds it. :) > > 2) Boot into MacOS, insert the CD, and copy linux.bin and root.bin > > from /install/powermac/ to your Linux Kernels folder in the System Folder. > > Of course, if you already have files there, you might want to rename > > these. Can they be left on the cdrom? > > 3) Start BootX. Set the Options to use a root disk, and Browse to the > > root.bin you just copied in. Make sure the no-video-driver box is > > _not_ checked (at least on my box). Add the boot argument: And this configured to use them from cdrom? > > init=/linuxrc > > I thought this was not necessary anymore. What is the exact status on > this ? Pending tests. I will get to it today. > Friendly, > > > 4) Save preferences, if you want, and push the Linux button. > > > > 5) When the machine reboots, it ejects the CD. The next screen you see > > after the boot arguments is the Language Chooser; before choosing a > > language, re-insert the CD. This will let the CD detection code detect > > it automatically. If you don't insert it now, you will get an > > opportunity later when it can't find a CD. > > > > 6) Test installer! The incarnation I used couldn't install the kernel > > and modules because of the missing ppcdetect. I got around this in > > console 2 by copying the kernel from /cdrom/install/powermac to > > /target/boot. If I knew more about udpkg, I could probably install > > modules also :) ... as it was, I just udpkg -i bla.udeb > > cp -R /lib/modules /target/lib/modules > > > > Ah, the joys of busybox with autocompletion, history, and cp -R !! Yes. I loved that too. > > 7) Use reboot in console 2 to quit the installer. Didn't I hear something about a reboot menu item being created now? > > 8) There is no quik-installer yet, but you can boot your installed > > system by using BootX again. Un-check the root disk option, remove > > init=/linuxrc, and type in the designation of your root partition such > > as hda6 in the space provided. I actually got it booted; my bogus > > modules didn't load, no automatic base-config yet; but we're getting > > there! Can the CDrom contain an icon that will start the installation when clicked? Can BootX be on the CD or is that a system component allways available? > Yes, we need a volunteer to work on quik-installer. > Friendly, > > Sven Luther MfG Goswin
