Re: Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3
Within target/lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/kernal/fs you find hfs and hfsplus support. This seems to be lacking in d-i What version of d-i did you use? (netinst, hd-media or business) netinst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:44:14PM +, David Pead wrote: What a right royal pain in the butt for the last few months trying to get this running, success at last! Many thanks to all for recent advice and that buried away in the archives. For any other unfortunate soul who's just starting out with an beige g3 oldworld install, my experience follows: Small OS9 partition. BootX with relevant files (ie root.img and vmlinux) 2nd large partiton, I allowed partion guider to set it up for me. At the partioner make a note of which partition macos uses. Something like #6 Ignore messages regards quik at end of d-i set-up, ctrl-alt-f2 to CLI This thread I found useful but incomplete, you need to chroot not cd to the directory: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/10/msg00628.html I found that there was no module available straight from the installer to mount the os9 partition. From the above post and others I then # chroot target I would like to know if this is the best way to do it, before I send any suggestions to the installation manual. Obviously, without the croot it won't work to use /boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc but you would have to use /target/boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc. But would chroot somehow help to get the MacOS partition mounted or not? Is /dev/hda6 specific for the installed system while inside the installer one have to use /dev/discs/dics0/part6? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3
What a right royal pain in the butt for the last few months trying to get this running, success at last! Many thanks to all for recent advice and that buried away in the archives. For any other unfortunate soul who's just starting out with an beige g3 oldworld install, my experience follows: Small OS9 partition. BootX with relevant files (ie root.img and vmlinux) 2nd large partiton, I allowed partion guider to set it up for me. At the partioner make a note of which partition macos uses. Something like #6 Ignore messages regards quik at end of d-i set-up, ctrl-alt-f2 to CLI This thread I found useful but incomplete, you need to chroot not cd to the directory: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/10/msg00628.html I found that there was no module available straight from the installer to mount the os9 partition. From the above post and others I then # chroot target Then # mount -t hfs /dev/sda6 mnt With the mac partition mounted, copy the files as per http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/08/msg00291.html Exit the CLI, switch to installer (ctrl-alt-f1) and finish without bootloader. Once in OS9 copy use the initrd.img-2.6.8-powerpc as your RAM disk and select the vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc. No arguments. Then, BOOT IN LINUX Installation report to follow other links I found useful_ http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/09/msg01709.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/09/msg01748.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/11/msg00165.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/10/msg02187.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/10/msg00138.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg00671.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3
I would like to know if this is the best way to do it, before I send any suggestions to the installation manual. Obviously, without the croot it won't work to use /boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc but you would have to use /target/boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc. But would chroot somehow help to get the MacOS partition mounted or not? Is /dev/hda6 specific for the installed system while inside the installer one have to use /dev/discs/dics0/part6? Within target/lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/kernal/fs you find hfs and hfsplus support. This seems to be lacking in d-i Also I only found reference to the 'sda' partitions within target/dev. Any attempt to mount any device in /dev had trouble, only when I chroot did I get anywhere... Regards, DP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 04:54:12PM +, David Pead wrote: I would like to know if this is the best way to do it, before I send any suggestions to the installation manual. Obviously, without the croot it won't work to use /boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc but you would have to use /target/boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc. But would chroot somehow help to get the MacOS partition mounted or not? Is /dev/hda6 specific for the installed system while inside the installer one have to use /dev/discs/dics0/part6? Within target/lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/kernal/fs you find hfs and hfsplus support. This seems to be lacking in d-i What version of d-i did you use? (netinst, hd-media or business) Also I only found reference to the 'sda' partitions within target/dev. Any attempt to mount any device in /dev had trouble, only when I chroot did I get anywhere... OK. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
