Re: Here's my Mac doc diff
I should have known better than try to use the MacOS to send anything,
especially Outlook Express...sorry. I'm happily using Pine, and will try
again, this time from Linux!
The .rtf was supposed to be rich text format. Hah! Also, more (or less)
intelligently, it's not attached, it's just here:
Russell
--- debian-mac.txt.orig Fri Jun 23 12:07:43 2000
+++ debian-mac.rtf Thu Jun 22 15:01:26 2000
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-Debian/m68k GNU/Linux 2.2 (Potato).
+ Debian/m68k GNU/Linux 2.2 (Potato).
-Installation Instructions for Macintosh (v2.0).
+ Installation Instructions for Macintosh (v2.0).
-Mark Scott June 2000
+ Mark Scott June 2000
About this Guide.
This guide is intended to help you install the Debian/m68k GNU/Linux (Debian) base system
@@ -19,38 +19,34 @@
challenging and may not be smooth or even possible for your hardware. The Mac project web
site lists the supported models, if your model isn't listed, assume it's not supported
yet, ask on the mailing list, or give it a try, but please don't be disappointed if it
-doesn't work. Debian will not run on machines without a paged memory management unit
-usually this means you will need a 68030 or better cpu. You may hace success with a 68020
-processor plus seperate fpu.
-
-Debian distributions are known by various names. This version, 2.2 is known as potato,
-the previous version 2.1 is known as slink and the version before is hamm. You may find
-this helpful when navigating WWW and FTP sites.
+doesn't work. Debian will not run on machines without a paged memory management unit--
+usually this means you will need a 68030 or better cpu. You may succeed with a 68020
+processor plus separate fpu.
+
+Debian distributions are known by various names. This version, 2.2, is known as potato,
+the previous version 2.1 is known as slink and the version before is woody. You may find
+this helpful when navigating WWW and FTP sites. These names come from the movie Toy Story,
+and are the names of the toys.
Before you start.
Backup your current System, you can do a lot of damage very easily if you are new to Linux
or Unix in general. If you have a spare hard drive or other media, this is the chance to
use it for creating a backup. You will be required to partition your hard drive if you
wish Linux to reside on the same hard drive as the MacOS. This can be a lengthy and
-tedious process but is also highly dangerous. If in any doubt backup before going any
-further and ensure you have the original system and software disks to hand.
-
-Check out if your system is suited for Linux/m68k
-(www.linux-m68k.org/status/sysreq.html)
-Read the Linux/m68k FAQ (www.linux-m68k.org)
-Check the Macintosh project web site.
+tedious process and is also highly dangerous. If in any doubt backup before going any
+further and ensure you have the original system and software disks on hand.
+
+ Check out if your system is suited for Linux/m68k
+ (www.linux-m68k.org/status/sysreq.html)
+ Read the Linux/m68k FAQ (www.linux-m68k.org)
+ Check the Macintosh project web site.
Tools you will need.
MacOS tools required to prepare your system for Linux installation. You will need Disk
Partitioning software. As part of the partitioning process you will need to edit the
-partition type. If your chosen editor lacks this functionality you will be able to do it
-as part of the installation process. You will need DiskCopy 4.2 or later to create a
-MacOS floppy from the boot floppy images.
-If you only have the resc1440.bin floppy image, you will also need a program to dump this
-MS-DOS format floppy image to a 1440k (HD) floppy in your MAC floppy drive. I am not aware
-of any MacOS applications that will do this, so it might be easier to get someone with a
-Linux PC to dump it to a floppy for you. Not all versions of PC Access or DOS Mounter can
-read a DOS floppy with Mac binaries properly.
+partition type. If your chosen disk editor lacks this functionality you will be able to
+do it as part of the installation process.
+
Files you will need.
@@ -59,29 +55,42 @@
Files can be obtained from one of Debian's FTP sites (ftp.debian.org). A list of mirror
sites can be found at www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist. Please choose the site closest to
you. No matter which site you use, the path to locate the files should always be
-:/pub/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-m68k/current/
+ :/pub/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-m68k/current/
+
+These are the files you need:
+ mac/macinstall-floppy-hfs.img (Image archive of the installation files)
+ This archive contains all the files you need to install Debian. You will
+ still need the base system file base2_2.tgz.
+
+If you wish you may down load the files separately.
+
+You will need these files. Note that they are floppy images, you won't be
+using actual floppies.
+ mac/Debian-m68k-2.2-Mac.img.hqx (Rescue floppy image)
+ mac/images-1.44/resc1440.bin (boot floppy image)
+ mac/images-1.44/drv1440.bin (drivers floppy image)
+ /base2_2.tgz (base System).
+
+Also note the disk image files are encoded for proper FTP transfer and decompressing on
+your Macintosh. The other files (mac/resc1440.bin and mac/drv1440.bin) are not MacBinary
+encoded, using MacBinary mode will corrupt these files. So use a simple binary transfer
+protocol. The file /base2_2.tgz is a gzipped encoded file and will transfer properly. If
+your FTP application doesn't automatically decompress these files, decode using StuffIt
+Expander or other decoder. Do not decompress the base2_2.tgz file since this will be done
+for you as part of the installation process. You need these images because the Installer
+requires MS-DOS floppy images (the resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin files) to install the
+kernel and modules.
+
+Unpack the macinstall-floppy-hfs.img file to your hard disk; a sub folder named "debian"
+will be automatically created for you. You will need at least 10MB free disk space for
+this file. If you chose to install from the floppy images, create a new folder named
+"debian". Move the base2_2.tgz, resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin files into this folder. Do
+not rename any of these files.
-You will need these files.
-mac/images-1.44/resc1440.bin (boot floppy image)
-mac/images-1.44/drv1440.bin(drivers floppy image)
-/base2_2.tgz(base System)
-mac/Pengiun*.hqx(Pengiun Installer and documents
-
-When downloading the precise directory structure, as shown on the FTP site, needs to be
-preserved (withbase2_2.tgz in some folder, and a subdirectory mac/ and mac/images-1.44/
-with the correct files in).
-
-The files (mac/resc1440.bin and mac/drv1440.bin) are not MacBinary encoded, using
-MacBinary mode will corrupt these files. so use a simply binary transfer protocol. The
-file /base2_2.tgz is a gzipped encoded file and will transfer properly. If your FTP
-application doesn't automatically decompress these files, decode using StuffIt Expander or
-other decoder. Do not decompress the base2_2.tgz file this will be done for you as part of
-the installation process. You need these images because the Installer requires MS-DOS
-floppy images (the resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin files) to install the kernel and modules.
-
-If you chose to install from the floppy images, create a new folder named "install". Move
-the base2_2.tgz, resc1440.bin,drv1440.bin and Pengiun files into this folder. Do not
-rename any files.
+To start:
+
+Back-up everything. Save all of your freshly downloaded debian install files to another
+disk until after you are done partitioning the disk you intend to run Linux/Mac OS on.
Partition your hard disk
I recommend you partition using Apple's HD SC Set-up utility obtained from
@@ -102,51 +111,56 @@
required functionality. This list is not complete, if you know of other options, please
let me know.
-When partitioning, please keep in mind that Linux will be launched by the 'Penguin'
-bootstrap program, which is a MacOS application. This application will shutdown your Mac
-and start Linux. Therefore you need a working MacOS system to boot Linux, so if you
-destroy your MacOS start-up partition in this step you will have to reinstall the MacOS
-before you can start over again !.
-If your Mac's hard drive has only one partition make sure you have all necessary media to
-boot and reinstall MacOS after partitioning, or get a spare hard disk instead. You cannot
-boot Linux directly from a loader in the boot sector of your disk on a Mac.
-You should reserve at least two partitions for Linux. One for the "root file system" and
-another for a "swap partition". Size recommendations are:-
+Partitioning destroys all the data on your disk. In order to partition,
+you'll have to boot from a different disk than the one that you are going to
+partition. If your Mac's hard drive has only one partition make sure you have
+all necessary media to boot and reinstall MacOS after partitioning, or get a
+spare hard disk instead.
+If you have only one hard disk, you must partition your disk into at least three pieces:
+one for the Mac OS, one for the /root partition, and one for /swap. The Mac OS partition
+is necessary because Macs cannot boot directly into Linux. They have to go through the Mac
+OS first, using "Penguin", which is a Mac OS application. Penguin will
+shutdown your Mac and start Linux. Therefore you need a working MacOS system
+to boot Linux, so if you destroy your MacOS start-up partition in this step
+you will have to reinstall the MacOS before you can start over again!
+
+You should reserve at least two partitions for Linux. One for the "root file system"
+(/root) and another for a "swap partition" (/swap). Size recommendations are:-
Root partition
-The absolute minimum should be 40 Mb This is just enough to install the base system and
+The absolute minimum should be 20 MB. This is just enough to install the base system and
nothing else - probably enough for testing it, but not for really using it. A reasonable
system starts at around 200 - 400 MB, with no upper limit.
Swap partition
At least twice the size of your main memory. Especially on systems with little main
-memory eg 8 Mb RAM. Do not go below 20 Mb for swap space.
+memory (e.g. 8 MB RAM). Do not go below 20 MB for swap space.
Naming conventions
-This is important because under Linux your partitions referred to with different names
+This is important because under Linux your partitions are referred to with different names
than under MacOS. This is the naming scheme:
-The first SCSI hard disk is referred to as "sda"
-The second SCSI hard disk if you have one is referred to as "sdb", and so
-on.
-The first IDE hard disk is referred to as "hda", the second IDE hard disk
-is named "hdb", and so on.
+ The first SCSI hard disk is referred to as "sda"
+ The second SCSI hard disk, if you have one, is referred to as "sdb", and so
+ on.
+ The first IDE hard disk is referred to as "hda", the second IDE hard disk
+ is named "hdb", and so on.
Note you do not need to rename your hard drives when operating your MacOS.
The partitions on each hard disk are represented by appending a decimal number to the hard
-disk name: sda1, sda2, sda3 represent the first, second and third partition of the first
+disk name: sda1, sda2, sda3 represent the first, second, and third partition of the first
SCSI hard disk in your system. MacOS uses a separate partition for the partition table and
driver data, so there will be more partitions around, usually partition 1 and 2.
-Here is an example, assume you have a system with 2 SCSI hard disks, one at SCSI address 2
+Here is an example: assume you have a system with 2 SCSI hard disks, one at SCSI address 2
the other at SCSI address 4.
The first disk (at address 2) will be named "sda", and the second "sdb". If the "sda"
hard disk has 5 partitions on it, these will be named "sda1", "sda2", ...,"sda5".
Similarly for the "sdb" hard disk and its partitions. Note Linux refers to all components
-of a system as devices. The full name of your hard drive will be /dev/sda"n" where n is
-the number of each partition. Now that we know the partition names, you can change their
-type from within your partition editor so that the Installation program can detect them.
-
+of a system as devices. The full name of your hard drive will be /dev/sdan
+where 'n' is the number of each partition. Now that we know the partition
+names, you can change their type from within your partition editor so that the
+Installation program can detect them.
Start your chosen partition editor, select the disk you want to use, select the "Partition
Drive" function and select/create the partition you want to use as the Debian root file
system. For Apple's HD SC Set-up select 'Custom' partition option, and create partitions
@@ -155,47 +169,48 @@
Debian needs A/UX type partitions to install Linux on, 'A/UX Root' or 'A/UX or Root&Usr'
should be fine for the data partitions. You may need to delete partitions to create space
for new ones; HD SC Set-up doesn't support just changing the partition type. DiskTool
-offer's these choices and allows editing of the partition type.
+offers these choices and allows editing of the partition type.
After creating the root partition, create a partition to be used as a swap partition, set
the partition type to 'A/UX swap'.
Note:
-Your root and swap partitions do not need to be on the same hard disk.
-You can have more than one partition for files besides the root file
-system. For example separating the user's home directories from the system
-file area. If you want to use more partitions, prepare them just like the
-root partition.
-If you're only going to try Linux for a short time, it's enough to just
-have a single partition for files.
-
-Write down the partition names, "sda1" etc., of all the partitions you are going to use
-for Linux. Also write down the partition name, Linux-wise, of the partition in which you
-have downloaded the installation files i.e sda3 or whatever it is. You will need this
-information later in the installation process. When you have made all required changes go
-back to the main window of the editor and prepare to"Save Changes". At this point be very
-careful, a mistake will cause you to loose valuable data. Double check you have the right
-information in the right place before you save your changes.
+ Your root and swap partitions do not need to be on the same hard disk.
+ You can have more than one partition for files besides the root file
+ system. For example separating the user's home directories from the system
+ file area. If you want to use more partitions, prepare them just like the
+ root partition.
+ If you're only going to try Linux for a short time, it's enough to just
+ have a single partition for files.
+
+Write down the partition names "sda1" etc., of all the partitions you are going to use for
+Linux. Also write down the partition name, Linux-wise, of the partition in which you have
+unpacked the "Install.sit" archive i.e. sda3 or whatever it is. This will be a partition
+accessed by the MacOS--you will need this information later in the installation process.
+When you have made all required changes go back to the main window of the editor and
+prepare to "Save Changes". At this point be very careful, a mistake will cause you to lose
+valuable data. Double check you have the right information in the right place before you
+save your changes.
Start the Linux Installation process.
-Double-clicking on the "Penguin" icon in the "install" folder starts the Installer. If
-installing from floppies, double-click on the "Penguin" icon there. The Penguin starts up,
-shutsdown the MacOS, loads a kernel in a ram disk and starts the installation program. If
-you want to examine or change the settings first, hold down the 'command' key while
-starting the Penguin.
-If starting the Penguin from your hard disk, you need to set the path for the Kernel and
-ram disk (root.bin) correct for your system on first start. Start up holding down the
-'command' key until Penguin has finished loading and reading the preferences file. Go to
-the "Settings" dialogue (shortcut: command-T) and adjust the path for Kernel and ram disk
-by clicking on the appropriate buttons in the upper right corner of the panel. The Kernel
-and ram disk are in the 'debian' directory on the drive where you unpacked the Install.sit
-archive. Save the settings to the preferences file in that directory (using command-S)
-and boot using the command-B shortcut. The Penguin will shut down the MacOS and start the
-installation process.
-
-If installing from CD-ROM, double click on the "Penguin" icon in the /install/mac
-directory on the CD. Do this after you have copied the Penguin18.hqx file to your hard
-drive, deBinhexed and unpacked it. Put root=/dev/ram in the kernel options and set kernel
-and ramdisk path.
+Double-clicking on the "Penguin Prefs" icon in the "debian" folder starts the Installer.
+If installing from floppies, double-click on the "Penguin Prefs" icon there. The Penguin
+starts up, shuts down the MacOS, loads a kernel in a ram disk and starts the installation
+program. If you want to examine or change the settings first, hold down the 'command' key
+while starting the Penguin.
+If starting the Penguin from your hard disk, you'll first have to start your
+Mac with extensions off by holding the shift key. Then you need to set the
+path for the Kernel and ram disk (root.bin) correct for your system on first
+start. Start up holding down the 'command' key until Penguin has finished
+loading and reading the preferences file. Go to the "Settings" dialogue
+(shortcut: command-T) and adjust the path for Kernel and ram disk by clicking
+on the appropriate buttons in the upper right corner of the panel. The Kernel
+and ram disk are in the 'debian' directory on the drive where you unpacked the
+Install.sit archive. Save the settings to the preferences file in that
+directory (using command-S) and boot using the command-B shortcut. The Penguin
+will shut down the MacOS and start the installation process.
+If installing from CD-ROM, double click on the "Penguin Prefs" icon in the /install/mac
+directory on the CD. The path to Kernel and ram disk image should not require adjustment
+here.
The screen will change colours, a few seconds of delay, and after that a black screen with
white text should come up, displaying all kinds of kernel debugging information. After a
@@ -208,10 +223,16 @@
for Linux, unpacking and configuring the kernel modules and base system and finally
rebooting. You move through the information presented in each screen by using the cursor
keys, use the TAB key to confirm your selection and Return or Enter to move to the next
-step. Some of the steps are not necessary or even possible on m68k platforms The
+step. Some of the steps are not necessary or even possible on m68k platforms. The
installation program is the same as the i386 (Intel based systems) version of Debian and
some features are not available in the m68k version.
+Select Colour or Monochrome display.
+Make your choice.
+
+Release notes.
+A screen with some information about Debian's goals, who built the rescue set etc.
+
The main installation screen.
This lists all the actions you can take, with the next logical step highlighted at the top
of the list. Please follow the recommendations unless you know what you are doing or like
@@ -228,29 +249,32 @@
partitions to chose from, switch to a shell (Execute a Shell in the menu) and run the
command mac-fdisk -l. The output of this command should help you in troubleshooting the
problem. If you have chosen to use several swap partitions, repeat these steps for all of
-them. When asked whether you really want to initialise this partition as a swap
+them.
+When asked if you want to do a bad-block scan, you can safely skip this step, select "No".
+SCSI disks should not have bad blocks, and map out these sectors automatically should some
+appear. When asked whether you really want to initialise this partition as a swap
partition, think twice, press Return. At this point the swap partition will be
-initialised, formatted and ready for Linux
+initialised, formatted and ready for Linux.
Initialise a Linux partition.
Similar to the previous step, but this time referring to partitions used to carry files.
You will be presented with a list of partitions that the Installer found to be valid as
Linux file system partitions. Again, for each of the partitions you have chosen to use
-sda4 etc., accept it by selecting it from the list and (when you are sure) select "Yes" to
-initialise the partition. You will then be asked if you want to mount the currently
-active partition e.g. sda4 as root ("/") partition. Say "Yes" here at the first partition
-you use.
+(sda4 etc.), accept it by selecting it from the list, skip the "Bad-block scan" and (when
+you are sure) select "Yes" to initialise the partition. You will then be asked if you
+want to mount the currently active partition (e.g. sda4) as root ("/") partition. Say
+"Yes" here at the first partition you use.
Install Operating System Kernel and Modules.
Installing from your Hard Drive.
Select "Hard disk: File system on the hard disk". Specify the partition where you
-downloaded the installation files eg /dev/sda3. Enter the path to the directory
+unpacked the "Install.sit" archive eg /dev/sda3. Enter the path to the directory
containing the installation files. In the simplest case, if you unpacked the archive
directly into a folder at the top of the directory tree, just hit Return. This is because
-"/install" is already set as default for the directory name; otherwise you will have to
+"/debian" is already set as default for the directory name; otherwise you will have to
type the path yourself. It must begin with a "/", followed by the directory components
-leading to the files (e.g. "/tmp/newstuff/install" if the files reside in the
-directory/tmp/newstuff/install/ on that partition).
+leading to the files (e.g. "/tmp/newstuff/debian" if the files reside in the
+directory/tmp/newstuff/debian/ on that partition).
If installing from CD-ROM.
Change "/debian" to "/install/mac". Next you are asked whether you want to select the
@@ -283,23 +307,19 @@
This last step will enable networking if you are connected to a Network. The help screen
suggests you answer "No" to the question whether your computer is connected to a Network.
I advise you follow this suggestion and complete the Network configuration after booting
-the system. The 'pppconfig' utility is included in the base system for this purpose. You
-also have a DHCP option. DHCP is commonly used on Ethernet and Ethernet like Networks to
-automatically give hosts an IP address and network address information at startup. If you
-need this option consult a good book it is beyond the scope of this guide.
-
-If you are not connected to a Network all you need enter is your hostname. Linux requires
-every computer to have a name, pick something you like just one word please with no gaps
-or spaces.
+the system. The 'pppconfig' utility is included in the base system for this purpose. If
+you are not on a network, all you need enter is your hostname. Linux requires every
+computer to have a name, pick something you like just one word please with no gaps or
+spaces.
If you are connected to a Network, you need to enter:
-Your Network's name
-The IP address of your computer
-The netmask
-Your broadcast address
-Your gateway's IP address, if one is available
-Your nameserver's IP address, if there is one available.
-Your type of connection - Ethernet, PPP, Slip or whatever else.
+ Your Network's name
+ The IP address of your computer
+ The netmask
+ Your broadcast address
+ Your gateway's IP address, if one is available
+ Your nameserver's IP address, if there is one available.
+ Your type of connection - Ethernet, PPP, Slip or whatever else.
Install the Base System.
Specify where the base system archive is located this file is named "base2_2.tgz". If you
@@ -321,13 +341,15 @@
Ignore the next suggested step, "Make Linux bootable directly from hard disk", this is not
possible on a Mac. Select "Reboot the System". After a few seconds, the Mac should reboot
-automatically into MacOS. If the Linux kernel hangs on attempting to reboot, just press
-the reset button at the back of your Mac.
+automatically into MacOS (don't forget to hold the shift key when the MacOS is
+starting). If the Linux kernel hangs on attempting to reboot, just press the
+reset button at the back of your Mac.
One last step is required before you can startup your freshly installed Linux directly.
-Go to the directory containing the installation files and start up the Penguin, holding
-down the 'command' key. Go to the Settings' dialogue (command-T), and locate the kernel
-options line which should look like root=/dev/ram video=font:VGA8x16 or similar.
+Go to the directory containing the installation files, make an alias of Penguin and put it
+on your desktop, and start up the Penguin, holding down the 'command' key. Go to the
+Settings' dialogue (command-T), and locate the kernel options line which should look like
+root=/dev/ram video=font:VGA8x16 or similar.
You need to change the entry root=/dev/yyyy. Replace the yyyy with the Linux name of the
partition onto which you installed the system e.g. /dev/sda1, you wrote this down earlier.
@@ -339,57 +361,53 @@
option. Save that file, using the 'Save Settings As Default' option. If you installed
from CD-ROM, copy "Penguin-18" and "Linux" to a folder on your hard drive, and create the
preferences as described above.
-Now double click the "Penguin" icon to start your freshly installed Linux from the hard
+Now double click the "Penguin" icon to start your freshly installed Linux from the hard
disk instead of the ram disk file system. The boot sequence will take longer than when
you installed the system because a database of filenames has to be built. You are then
automatically logged in as root, the privileged or superuser, and need to take these
steps:
-Set a password for the root user (the administrator account)
-Create another (unprivileged) user account
-Activate Shadow passwords giving you improved security a good idea !
-Determine whether you want to continue installing the system via a PPP line
-or not, and configuration of the PPP connection scripts.
-Set an "installation profile" of packages you want to install.
-
-After these steps, you are automatically directed into the interface-driven package
-installation manager. Packages give you the ability to do work with your new Linux.
-Packages can be found in the following directories:-
-/pub/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-m68k/Core section
-/pub/debian/dists/potato/contrib/binary-m68k/Contributed section
-/pub/debian/dists/potato/non-free/binary-m68k/Packages not conforming to
-the Debian Free Software
-Guidelines
+ Set a password for the root user (the administrator account)
+ Create another (unprivileged) user account (the username must be lowercase)
+ Activate Shadow passwords giving you improved security (A good idea!)
+ Determine whether you want to continue installing the system via a PPP line
+ or not, and configuration of the PPP connection scripts.
+ Set an "installation profile" of packages you want to install.
+
+After these steps, you are automatically directed into the "dselect" program the
+interface-driven package installation manager. Packages give you the ability to do work
+with your new Linux. Packages can be found in the following directories:-
+ /pub/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-m68k/ Core section
+ /pub/debian/dists/potato/contrib/binary-m68k/ Contributed section
+ /pub/debian/dists/potato/non-free/binary-m68k/ Packages not conforming to
+ the Debian Free Software
+ Guidelines
Package selection has already been performed if you didn't skip the "installation profile
step" above. I advise you, at least, select the media you are going to install packages
-from and update the package listing. You have the abilty to set network servers to use
-for downloading packages when using the apt facility if you have a suitablly fast link.
-You may also use the apt installation facility for new installations from CDROM. The APT
-facilty is the next generation package installation manager for Debian Installations.
-There is a good explanation of this system in the file release-notes.en.txt in the mac
-branch of the ftp site tree. The package listing file is in each of the directories
-above.
-
-You can complete installation and configuration when ready. When leaving this program,
-you are logged out automatically and can now log in as root or as an unprivileged user if
-you created one before.
-
+from and update the package listing. The package listing file is in each of the
+directories above. You can complete installation and configuration when ready. When
+leaving this program, you are logged out automatically and can now log in as root or as an
+unprivileged user if you created one before. If you skipped the installation profile step
+you will need to select packages using the "dselect" program. Detailed help is provided
+within the program and is a good place to start when using this package especially for the
+first time.
Hopefully you now have a basic Debian Linux installation running on your Macintosh. There
are, however, a few tasks left for example configuring your network protocol.
Configuring your Network Protocol.
You will need to do this if you wish to use a Network and did not configure PPP or SLIP
-earlier.
-Edit /etc/chatscripts/provider (entering your username and password for your ISP account,
-plus change the 'name' and 'word' to whatever the prompt at login is. Some configurations
+earlier.
+You can use the utility pppconfig to configure your PPP connection or you can edit
+/etc/chatscripts/provider (entering your username and password for your ISP account, plus
+change the 'name' and 'word' to whatever the prompt at login is. Some configurations
require you send the string 'ppp' to start up PPP after login, just add another
expect/send pair after the password for that. Rename and save the file with a name of your
choice
The commands "pon" <your filename here> and "poff" <your filename here> start and stop the
connection respectively. By default only the root user has permission to use these files.
Of course when logged in as root you may grant this privilege to any other user. This is
-probably a good idea as it is very easy to do damage when looged in as root unnecessarily.
+probably a good idea as it is very easy to do damage when logged in as root unnecessarily.
SLIP is more difficult. Examine the "/etc/init.d/network" start-up script the "ifconfig"
command has already been inserted for you. Add a "slattach" command before this, if you
@@ -409,37 +427,36 @@
key combinations do not work or you prefer to type commands.
More information sources :-
-The Debian GNU/Linux homepage.
-The Linux/m68k domain's homepage.
-The Macintosh project pages.
-Visit us on IRC, channel #linux68k, server irc.lame.org (or connected
-servers).
-hundreds of other Linux- or Debian-related Web sites around the world.
-comp.os linux.m68k.
+ The Debian GNU/Linux homepage.
+ The Linux/m68k domain's homepage.
+ The Macintosh project pages.
+ Visit us on IRC, channel #linux68k, server irc.lame.org (or connected
+ servers).
+ hundreds of other Linux- or Debian-related Web sites around the world.
+ comp.os linux.m68k.
History of this installation guide:.
-v0.1July 20th, 1998First version, only ASCII text.
-v1.0August 3rd,1998Pushed to HTML, small additions & typo corrections.
-
+v0.1 July 20th, 1998 First version, only ASCII text.
+v1.0 August 3rd,1998 Pushed to HTML, small additions & typo corrections.
Macintosh version:.
-v1.0August 9th, 1998Based on Frank Neumann's Amiga version.
-v1.1August 29th, 1998Updated for 2.0r2.
-v1.2September 5th 1998More warnings .
-v1.3September 24th, 1998Even more warnings .
-v1.4February 11th, 1999Modified for Debian 2.1.
-v1.5March 6th, 1999Addition of CD install option.
-v2.0June 21st, 2000Rewrite for Potato, minor format changes,
-additions and minor corrections.
+v1.0 August 9th, 1998 Based on Frank Neumann's Amiga version.
+v1.1 August 29th, 1998 Updated for 2.0r2.
+v1.2 September 5th 1998 More warnings .
+v1.3 September 24th, 1998 Even more warnings .
+v1.4 February 11th, 1999 Modified for Debian 2.1.
+v1.5 March 6th, 1999 Addition of CD install option.
+v2.0 June 13th, 2000 Rewrite for Potato, minor format changes,
+ additions and minor corrections.
Acknowledgements
-Frank Neumann for generating the Amiga install guide on which the first
-Mac Guide version was based.
-Michael Schmitz for authoring the previous Guides used as the template for
-this Guide and helping many, including me, install Linux on
-a Macintosh.
-Adam di Carlofor managing the boot-floppies area of the Debian CVS which
-contains this, other Guides and much much more :-)
-Christian Steigesfor building new distributions and being tolerant under
-extreme provocation.
+Frank Neumann for generating the Amiga install guide on which the first
+ Mac Guide version was based.
+Michael Schmitz for authoring the previous Guides used as the template for
+ this Guide and helping many, including me, install Linux on
+ a Macintosh.
+Adam di Carlo for managing the boot-floppies area of the Debian CVS which
+ contains this, other Guides and much much more :-)
+Christian Steiges for building new distributions and being tolerant under
+ extreme provocation.
and the many others who have contributed in some way to the Debian Project.
@@ -449,6 +466,6 @@
guide draws on many sources including the experiences of the Linux m68k user base.
However the responsibilty for all errors and omissions remains mine alone.
-Mark Scott, Last change: June 21, 2000.
+Mark Scott, Last change: June 13, 2000.
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