Re: stack overflow during install on iBook
Aaron Pierce wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm just making the move to debian on all of my i386 machines that run > Linux, so I thought I'd take a stab on my iBook as well. Here's what > I've done: > > Grab the files from the debian mirror, including BootX 1.2.2, ramdisk.image, > etc. Boot to the install via BootX (which works fine), and partition so > that I keep my existing HFS partition (~2GB) and add hda9 and hda10 as > Linux and Linux Swap. This all works great, and so I thought I was on > my way. > > Then I hit a kernel stack overflow that just snapped the machine off. Hi, I've had the same problem, trying to install Potato. But I have been unable to see anything more precise than "Kernel panic", followd by my iBook going down. Using LinuxPPC 2.2.15pre3 kernel ,I have been able to install base system. Bertrand
Re: stack overflow during install on iBook
On Tue, Jun 20, 2000, Aaron Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Grab the files from the debian mirror, including BootX 1.2.2, ramdisk.image, > etc. Boot to the install via BootX (which works fine), and partition so > that I keep my existing HFS partition (~2GB) and add hda9 and hda10 as > Linux and Linux Swap. This all works great, and so I thought I was on > my way. Don't use BootX on this machine. Use yaboot.
RE: stack overflow during install on iBook
> > Don't use BootX on this machine. Use yaboot. > Well that's the thing. I've read through quite a bit of list archives and web pages documenting yaboot and ybin, etc. but I haven't seen a way to get things going if you don't already have Linux installed. How can I, with my little iBook running Mac OS 9, but not Linux yet, get up and running without crashing long enough to install the system and get yaboot going? If there's a simple document detailing this install process somewhere, point me to it--otherwise once I get this thing working, I promise I'll write one! =) -- Aaron Pierce Psyberware Communications www.psyber.com
Re: stack overflow during install on iBook
> Well that's the thing. I've read through quite a bit of list archives and > web pages documenting yaboot and ybin, etc. but I haven't seen a way to get > things going if you don't already have Linux installed. How can I, with my > little iBook running Mac OS 9, but not Linux yet, get up and running without > crashing long enough to install the system and get yaboot going? Here's what I did with my powerbook. 1. I created a small MacOS partition (I had always intended to have a dual boot machine). Of course, I had to blow away the existing Mac one, but I was doing that anyway. 2. Put the yaboot binary and an uncompressed kernel in the top level of the drive. 3. Edit yaboot.conf. I used the one at the Yellow Dog Linux site as a model. You need to figure out what OF calls your boot drive. I used BBEdit to make sure that I didn't screw up the line endings under MacOS. (BBEdit rocks, btw). 4. Boot into OF, and type the magic phrase: boot hd;x,yaboot where x is the number of your drive. Do not put a space after the comma, like your fingers want to, or OF will get confused. Cheers Stephen
Re: stack overflow during install on iBook
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:40:45 Stephen Judd wrote: > 2. Put the yaboot binary and an uncompressed kernel in the top level of the > drive. > > 3. Edit yaboot.conf. I used the one at the Yellow Dog Linux site as a model. > You need to figure out what OF calls your boot drive. I used BBEdit to make > sure that I didn't screw up the line endings under MacOS. (BBEdit rocks, > btw). > > 4. Boot into OF, and type the magic phrase: > > boot hd;x,yaboot > > where x is the number of your drive. Do not put a space after the comma, > like your fingers want to, or OF will get confused. s/drive/partition Too early in the morning. Stephen
RE: stack overflow during install on iBook
Awesome. I didn't think the boot loader would cause such weird problems, but I'm currently looking at a network install in process, so it's working great. Thanks Stephen (and others who helped out)! -- Aaron Pierce Psyberware Communications www.psyber.com > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Judd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 2:08 PM > To: Stephen Judd > Cc: Aaron Pierce; Benjamin Herrenschmidt; > debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: stack overflow during install on iBook > > > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:40:45 Stephen Judd wrote: > > > > 2. Put the yaboot binary and an uncompressed kernel in the top > level of the > > drive. > > > > 3. Edit yaboot.conf. I used the one at the Yellow Dog Linux > site as a model. > > You need to figure out what OF calls your boot drive. I used > BBEdit to make > > sure that I didn't screw up the line endings under MacOS. (BBEdit rocks, > > btw). > > > > 4. Boot into OF, and type the magic phrase: > > > > boot hd;x,yaboot > > > > where x is the number of your drive. Do not put a space after the comma, > > like your fingers want to, or OF will get confused. > > s/drive/partition > > Too early in the morning. > > Stephen >
