Am 14.12.2013 01:11, schrieb Michael Schmitz: > Stefan, > >> i am trying to install linux on my Atari Falcon. >> >> My first partition should be BGM/FAT, so TOS can run. >> The second one is ext2 filesystem, for the unix stuff of MiNT. >> I have a third partition, also ext2 for programs and data i use from >> MiNT. >> The fourth i want to use for linux root (which the linux kernel mounts >> as /dev/hda4) > > Make sure the BGM/FAT partition is less or equal 128 MB in size - the > logical sector size may not exceed the kernel page size of 4k. Why this? Falcon has Tos 4.04 and allows than 128MB partitions iirc. I always use 500 MB for my first TOS partition. > >> Is it possible to make this partition scheme with HD Driver under TOS? > > That's about the only way I know of. Okay, i did this. Then i used FreeMiNT to make an ext2 FS on the LNX partition. The kernel boot messages tell me it mounted /dev/hda4 successfully as ext2 . > Without byte swappping by device mapper, using ARAnyM might be the > easiest option: > > Get the disk partitioned under TOS, then use ARAnyM on a PC to mount > your partition and bootstrap a Debian system on to the mounted partition > (use ByteSwap=no, Path=/dev/sdb or Path=/dev/hdb to get ARAnyM to mount > your Falcon disk attached as disk sdb or hdb - make sure you calculate > the correct number of logical cylinders from the disk size). It may be > necessary to use the nfhdXXX devices instead of the hdXXX ones > depending on your version of ARAnyM. > I will need some time to learn about how to use aranym. I have it installed, but just added pre made disk images. I currently have no idea how to make sure i calculate the cylinder numbers correctly. Isn't this something i can write down somewhere from the Atari? Greets, Stefan
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