On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:31:28PM -0300, Eduardo TrĂ¡pani wrote: > With your help I've been able to boot the new iMac G5 and start the > installer. > > Since I'm migrating from another Debian on a G4 I don't know if I should > install a whole new system or not. > > If I start the G4 in target mode, mount the firewire disk in the G5 and > simply copy the whole filesystem(s), would that be enough, would the > programs work? I would of course setup yaboot to boot with the power64 > kernel and change the hardware related configuration (network and X). > > I'm a bit lost there, is it only the kernel that needs to be compiled > for 64bits or the programs too?
Only the kernel. But you probably need to edit /etc/fstab in addition to yaboot.conf, and make sure all files are copied as they should not sure if a plain cp will be enough. Also, notice that it is my experience that linux/powerpc sbp2 (the firewire disk) mode is rather flakey on 2.6 kernels, when i tried that to backup my powerbook, i failed miserably. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]