Hi, I tried to install sarge using the pre-rc2 floppies from Sven (http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-30/powerpc/floppy/) Short summary: Successful, but not easy
Long version: -mounted ATI mach64 into first PCI-slot -zapped the PRAM using option+command+p+r -booted using boot.img -loaded the net and cdrom-drivers The detection of the network hardware ignored the builtin ethernet interface, so I used the second console to do a "depmod -a; modprobe mace". This gave me an eth0. Fine -Retried "detect network hardware" and deselected everything (a lot of ide-drivers, ide-cd, etc.) Then the installer successfully got an IP via DHCP and I chose ftp.freenet.de via http as mirror. No proxy was used. I (of course ;) selected the "testing" branch. I also downloaded the pre-rc2-CD before to avoid re-downloading the base-system if I'd have to restart the installation. If I assume right, ftp.freenet.de was never used :) (But of course it would be nice if the mace would be detected). To get the cd-drive working, I had to do "modprobe mesh". (I think I saw a bug concerning this issue somewhere, so perhaps this is fixed in later builds). -"detect and mount cdrom" asked again to load all the ide-stuff, I only had to select isofs. -"load installer components from cd" worked, I additionally selected mdcfg -"partition disks": I planned to use RAID1 on some partitions, but I wasn't able to create partitions with the type "linux raid autodetect", so mdcfg complained: "no unused partitions of the type linux raid autodetect are available". Is it possible to use autoconfiguring RAID on powerpc or will I have to use the old-style /etc/raidtab way? Here the partition table: | # type name length base ( size ) system | /dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map | /dev/sda2 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 / 1464843 @ 64 (715.3M) Linux native | /dev/sda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /bootfs 48829 @ 1464907 ( 23.8M) Linux native | /dev/sda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 250001 @ 1513736 (122.1M) Linux swap | /dev/sda5 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /var/log 187501 @ 1763737 ( 91.6M) Linux native | /dev/sda6 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /home 1855469 @ 1951238 (906.0M) Linux native | /dev/sda7 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /var/spool 420018 @ 3806707 (205.1M) Linux native | Block size=512, Number of Blocks=4226725 | DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 All partitions (except sda3 and sda4) were formatted using ext3. sda3 was formatted using ext2 (see below for the reason). -"install the base system" worked well -I selected the 2.4.27-powerpc-pmac kernel, because 2.6 needs an initrd which isn't supported by quik -Then some single (IMHO useless) packages were installed, for example initrd-tools and usbutils -The installation of quik failed as expected (like in woody): "the quik bootloader requires the root partition to be formatted using the ext2 fs". I planned to use a single ext2-partition for quik and the kernel (see http://www.penguinppc.org/bootloaders/quik/ext3.php). So I did the following: chroot /target # enter new installed system mv /boot /bootfs # move kernel and quik-parts to the # ext2-partition ln -s /bootfs/boot /boot # create symlink (new kernels will go to # the correct place) mkdir /bootfs/etc/ vi /bootfs/etc/quik.conf # create quik.conf quik -vr /bootfs # install quik exit # leave chroot my quik.conf (using my selfcompiled kernel, see below): | init-message="mac " | default=linux | timeout=50 | | root=/dev/sda2 | partition=2 | | image="3/boot/vmlinux-2.6.8.1-mg" | label=linux | read-only | append="console=ttyS0,38400" Finally I selected "continue without bootloader" and "finish the installation". After that I booted from hdd (using OF via serial line). The kernel said: "opening display /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ATY,[EMAIL PROTECTED] ok" but I never got any video. I also tried video=ofonly. So I build my own kernel (2.6.8.1 from kernel.org) without initrd(!!) and installed it via chroot. An excerpt from .config: | CONFIG_VT=y | CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y | CONFIG_HW_CONSOLE=y | # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set | # CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 is not set | CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE=y | CONFIG_SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE=y | CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG=y | CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG_CONSOLE=y | CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y | CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS=y | CONFIG_LEGACY_PTY_COUNT=256 Using this, I was able to get the OF, quik and the kernel-messages on the serial console. I don't know if the configuration of the base-system would come up on the console because I ran it inside the chroot (when installing the kernel). While I was in the chroot, I also added T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 38400 vt100 to /etc/inittab and was finally able to login. End of long version :) Summary: -Could we add something to guide users to get a ext2-partition for quik? At least we should warn them after partitioning if / isn't an ext2-fs. -To avoid the problems on oldworld powermacs concerning the video, I would suggest to build an additional boot-floppy with the console-parameter mentioned above (but I don't know if the kernel used on the floppies has the necessary things built in) Greetings from Munich, Martin PS: Something strange I noticed while trying some daily-builds: The root-floppy only ejects when it is NOT write-protected. But then its content has changed... Any ideas? -- /ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ\ | PGP-Key 0x43D23ABE available via www.de.pgp.net, see header for fpr | \___________________________________________________________________/
