Debian on G5 1.6 SP and on dual G5 Xserves

Hi, I was wondering what the possibilities were for installing debian for both a 1.6G G5 SP tower and DP G5 xserves on exetrnal firewire HDs. I'd like to set things up so that I can plug the HD into the tower and have it boot from that disk into debian. I'd also like to be able to do the same th

yaboot install g5

Hi, I've read through a good number of threads on installing on as g5, but I'm having quite a time. I was wondering if I could tender some questions? I have a SP 1.6G G5 with osX on sata main disk and a newly installed with nothing on it secondary disk that I want to install debian on. I burned

Keyboard dead on CD install

Sorry to keep posting to the list like this, but I was wondering if anyone had encountered a problem while installing debian from CD on a g5 where their keyboard no longer worked. After yaboot loads and I get the white screen where I need to type some things in, my keyboard and mouse no longer wor

Re: yaboot install g5

So, what are people using that have already installed Debian on the G5s? wes On 5/24/05, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 16:20 -0700, Wesley Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've read through a good number of threads on

debian ppc on g5 2nd SATA disc

Hi, I've installed debian on a second G5 disc and am trying to follow the February thread about getting it to boot. I ran into exactly the same situation as Pedro where I get a yaboot menu, type in 'l', and get the graphical 'option' menu back. In any case, my question regards mounting the parti

Re: debian ppc on g5 2nd SATA disc

Right. That's what I gathered from the thread. What I don't know how to do us access the config file and set the path. i.e. How do I mount the partition? thanks, wes On 5/30/05, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 21:59 -0700, Wesley

Re: munged yaboot.conf

I'm curious as to how it was done by someone else on this list back in February. By what they wrote in the thread, they seemed to be able to access the yaboot.conf from a shell obtained from the installer after mounting the drive. I need to do the same thing on my system since I installed debian

Re: munged yaboot.conf

I'm using a G5. I can get to the yaboot menu, but no further. To get further, I have to edit yaboot.conf. Is there a way to access it from the menu? Otherwise, are there any other techniques besides using a live Ubuntu disc? thanks, wes On 5/31/05, Mike S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: munged yaboot.conf

Do you remember how you mounted the drive partitions? wes On 5/31/05, Jack Malmostoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:12 +0200, Wesley Smith wrote: > > > By what they wrote in the thread, they seemed to be able to > > access the yaboot.conf from a

install 2nd HD G5

Hi everyone, I tried to get Debian to boot from a 2nd HD on a G5 today but had no luck. Here's what I did: used Ubuntu live CD to get into tthe system: --mounted sdb3 whre my /root lies --edited /etc/yaboot.conf and made it look like this: - boot=/dev/sdb2 device=/[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: install 2nd HD G5

On 6/4/05, Jeff Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wesley writes: > > used Ubuntu live CD to get into tthe system: > > > > --mounted sdb3 whre my /root lies > > --edited /etc/yaboot.conf and made it look like this: > > - > > boot=/dev/sdb2 > > device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f200/[EMA

Re: Re: install 2nd HD G5

You're right that I don't need to do the source thing. I do have a question about "chroot /mnt/ur.sdb3.mnt.pt /usr/sbin/ybin" however. By doing this command, will ybin now access the modified yaboot.conf in sdb3? What is it that chroot is doing in this command? I realize this is a basic questio

Re: Re: Re: install 2nd HD G5

Hi guys, thanks for the info. Here's what I've done: --mount sdb3 --edit yaboot.conf --chroot /mnt/sdb3 (where sdb3 is mounted) --mount -t proc none /proc --ybin -v I also tried --mount sdb3 --edit yaboot.conf --chroot /mnt/sdb3 (where sdb3 is mounted) --mount -t proc none /proc --exit --mount

Re: Re: Re: install 2nd HD G5

Firmware o quit now ybin: DEBUG: set magicboot to /tmp/ofboot.ytmPmc ybin: DEBUG: boot-device=/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:2, \\:tbxi On 6/5/05, Wesley Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, thanks for the info. He

Re: Re: Re: install 2nd HD G5

specified|id any thoughts? wes On 6/4/05, Wesley Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ps...here/s the output of ybin -debug where root is my sdb3 mount point: > > ybin: DEBUG: macosx set to > `/[EMAIL PROTECTED],f200/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]