Re: Installing linux on an Amiga
Furter Martin <mf@rola.ch> writes:
> I installed linux on the Amiga4000 of my friend, but it's not working very
> well. I have no X11 and there are missing many libraries.
> Now I'd like to try debian m68k linux.
> I have all the binary packages (*.deb) in their subdirectories (admin,
> base, ...) and the disk directories (common and amiga).
> What do I do now ?
Download an Amiga Kernel from
ftp://ftp.sunsite.auc.dk/pub/os/linux/680x0/v2.0/ (I think)
partition the harddrive
twice the real ram for swap (more if 8 MB, less if 64 MB)
10-30 MB for root
30 MB for tmp and var (or 20 and 20 each)
150- for user
some for home (10-20 MB are probably enough)
> Can I boot amiga/vmlinux with amiboot and common/base2_0.tgz as ramdisk
> image or do I have to make a boot disk with drv1440.bin and boot with it ?
Boot the workbench on AGA (or less).
amiboot -v -k vmlinux....gz -r root.bin root=/dev/ramm video=amifb:pal or vga70 or ...
> What do I have to do after that ? Can I put the binary packages on an
> ext2fs disk and install them from there ? Which Program do I need to do
> that ?
Just follow the installation routine. You will have to partition the
harddrive under linux again, but only change the partition types via
the t commando. Changing partitions might be unsave.
You also need to mount the Amiga partition eigther from the shell
(last menu point) or from the second console. Don't forget -taffs. A
good mountpoint would be /target/mnt/amiga (/target/ will be the root
partition).
> Normally i'm using SuSE or RedHat linux on intel or sparc machines so I
> have some experience with Linux but not with debian.
Debian is like Suse with yast turned off, just better. :)
> Martin
May the Source be with you.
Mrvn
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