Hi,
A least, I've receive my new powerbook, and of course, I want to install
Debian GNU/Linux on it.
These steps are OK :
Formating and reinstalling Mac OS (30 Go HFS+ and 2Go HFS)
I've create a bootstrap partition (/dev/hdc9)
And four ext2/ext3 partitions :
/ ext2
/var ext3
/home ext3
/usr ext3
The only way I've found for booting was to copy 4 files on the / Mac OS
partition :
root.bin
linux.bin (a 2.4.20ben5 with ata100 )
yaboot.conf
yaboot (1.3.10 binary)
And boot into OF, with boot hd:10,yaboot.
Boot is OK(install-safe, with video=ofonly), but after this, no way to
install correcly the base system...
- network install : new-powermac/images-2.88/rescue.bin and
new-powermac/drivers.tgz are correctly downloaded, but
- cdrom install : can't find the good files...
The error is : "Filed getting release file \
file:/instmnt/dist/woody/Release"
<continue>
Some stranges things are that cdrom is /dev/hda and hard disk /dev/hdc
If I could'nt find help, I'll try to compile a kernel with modules (and
without cpufreq) , burn a cdrom with all the modules and yaboot
correctly configured...
But isn't there a clean solution ? or can someone give me a link with
Debian cdrom iso (booting ;-) ) for last powerbook generation ?
Thanks you very much for your help.
BTW : I've both the ibook and the powerbook (not for a long time, but
enough to have a correct configuration). Perhaps is the ibook usable ?
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eric bachard
