On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:34:21 +0300, AlexB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:20:09 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>My H50 vendor wants to ensure that the unit will boot the Debian 3.1 >>install before he ships the unit. He says he can't get it to and >>suspects he is not making the CD correctly since his running systems are >>windows. >> >>In reading the Installation manual for both 3.0 and 3.1 it says that >>"Currently, the only PowerPC subarchitectures that support CD-ROM >>booting are PReP and New World PowerMacs." Elsewhere it says that "for >>CHRP, floppy support is currently broken". >> >>So what do I tell my vendor? How does he boot a stand-alone H50 if >>neither CD-ROM or floppy will boot? >> >>This is a PowerPC 604e processor, 256 MB ram, floppy drive, SCSI CDROM >>and SCSI sda 9.? GB, using Open Firmware. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Doug. >First, try to read relevant Debian bug info about booting on IBM CHRP machines: > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=322745 > >It has almost all information needed to get Debian 3.1 'stable' image to boot. >Please note that 'testing' or 'unstable' Debian CDs do not have this problem! > >I have seen a better instruction somewhere (the one I followed to make a boot >CD >for my 7025-F50) but cannot find it right now. I will try to reproduce the >instruction on how to do it. First, mount your boot CD (or CD image using mount >-o loop debian-stable.iso /mnt). Then, create a /tmp/deb directory. Then: > cp -a /mnt/* /tmp/deb; cp /mnt/.* /tmp/deb > >The latter cp command copies .diskinfo file, so installer will recognize disk >later on. > >then: > >mkdir /tmp/deb/etc >cp /tmp/deb/install/yaboot.con* /tmp/deb/etc/yaboot.conf > >this will copy yaboot.conf file to the place where yaboot expects it (/etc on >the CD, not /install) > >then: >vi /tmp/deb/etc/yaboot.conf > >then: >mkdir /tmp/deb/ppc > >and save file, attached to this message as /tmp/deb/ppc/bootinfo.txt >this file is needed by IBM Open Firmware to find yaboot boot loader >automagically. > >now, change all occurences of cd: to cdrom: , as IBM open firmware had cdrom: >alias by default for CD drive. Save the file. > >then, create new ISO image with -l option (so long file names will be allowed): >mkisofs -r -J -l -o debian-new.iso /tmp/deb > >then, burn the new ISO image to the CD by using cdrecord in Linux or any CD >burning program in Windows (I prefer Nero Burning ROM). > >This CD should boot on your H50.
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