--- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:03:36 -0700 (PDT) > From: brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on > OldWorld PowerPC Mac > To: Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > where we resumed this thread a few days ago, this > was exactly where i had got stuck in debian, ie > upgrading from the previous release "in place". > > there are two stumbling blocks i have found here: > > 1) getting past the transition from kernel 2.6.8-3 > to > 2.6.16-2 required presently by debian. note you > having the 2.6.12 in ubuntu is i feel precisely what > i am needing/ missing now in debian. > > 2) the initrd or initramfs package needed by powerpc > arch (not by i386) to boot a runnning system to get > it to the state where it can mount the hard drive, > this package has something wrong. > the initrd produced by upgrading in debian from > sarge to etch (kernel related portion only, > initially) > being 4 times larger got me curious. further > investigation, reveals it is trying to load every > available module. it only needs to get to ide-disk > (assuming that is what your root is on, not scsi). > the working tools to identify the needed module, > altho self-test options claim they can make the jump > with mkinitrd or mkinitramfs, they do not do the > job. > the new ramdisk package, yaird, recognizes it > cannot make it and refuses to produce a bogus rd, > now i am confusing, sorry, but somewhere one > of these programs told me to try at least a 2.6.11 > kernel, that is i need an intermediate kernel. > > is that all clear now ? > > i am not saying that this is the only way > but it would perhaps help with the hassle the > other guys were talking about, doing things > by hand and not automated ( am not sure if we > have enough detail to verify that but it sounds > like what i was considering as a last resort) > > brian > > --- Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh, and since I forgot to mention it, the kernel > > version I currently (at > > this moment) have installed is 2.6.12-9; that's > > after simply installing > > Breezy. Once I upgrade to Dapper again, I'll be > > using whatever version that > > is -- or I'll jump to Debian and do the same. > I'll > > try to remember to post > > that version number here so that you'll know if I > > got up to 2.6.16 using my > > method. All I know for certain is that I've been > > able to get to Dapper > > using this installation method in the past. > > > > Harold > > > > On 8/19/06, Harold Johnson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You have great timing; I wouldn't have had that > > answer for you earlier > > > today, because I wasn't certain which kernel > > version I had installed. I am > > > writing down the entire process of setting up a > > triple-booting system, which > > > will be running Linux, OS X, and OS 9. (This > has > > been done many times > > > before, I'm sure, but not by me!) Thus far, > I've > > installed OS 9, Ubuntu > > > Linux, and I'm currently installing OS X > (Panther) > > on the third (and final) > > > partition. > > > > > > I'll be adding to some online documentation, but > > hopefully the following > > > info. will fill in some of the gaps: > > > > > > -- 2 Mac OS (hfs+) partitions and one > unallocated > > space using an OS 9 > > > installation disk. The first partition will be > > for OS X, the second is for > > > OS 9, and the free space is for Linux. > > > > > > -- After installing OS 9 and BootX, installed > > Ubuntu Server (Breezy). > > > This info. is probably the most helpful for you; > > I've tried on multiple > > > occasions to install the latest flavors of > Debian > > using BootX, to no avail. > > > The same goes with the latest Ubuntu versions > > (Dapper); only Breezy installs > > > on my OldWorld PowerBook. Once I've installed > > Breezy, it's easy enough to > > > upgrade to Dapper by simply editing the > > repositories (replacing all > > > instances of "Breezy" with "Dapper") and then > > using apt-get to update the > > > system. I imagine it's possible to use this > same > > technique to update to the > > > latest version of Debian; wouldn't you think? > > > > > > Thanks for sending along your script, > > > > > > Harold > > > > > > > > > On 8/19/06, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 19, 2006, at 6:29 PM, Harold Johnson > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > In the meantime, I can continue using BootX > -- > > not a real elegant > > > > > solution, IMHO, but it works. > > > > > > > > Hi Harold, > > > > > > > > What magic did you have to use to get BootX to > > boot a 2.6.16 kernel > > > > for you? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > i > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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