Bug#260396: PowerMac G3 (beige) sarge d-i (18 July 2004) Installation Report using 2.6 kernel
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso 18-Jul-2004 22:56 206M
from:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/current/
uname -a: 2.6.7 kernel
Date: 20 July 2004 circa 10am BST
Method: Installed BootX 1.2.2 from http://penguinppc.org/projects/bootx/
copied 2.6 initrd.gz and vmlinuz from d-i CD to "Linux Kernels" in the
MacOS System Folder
Configured Bootx to boot from the RamDisk (initrd.gz in the System
Folder) and hey presto the sarge installer appeared ;)
This didn't work in tc1 - so well done guys!
Proxied=No
Machine: PowerMac G3 Beige (old world)
Processor: 266MHz Processor
Memory: 96Mb
Root Device: IDE: ATA Disk QUANTUM FIREBALL SE4.3A 4Gb
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40)
0000:00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Heathrow Mac I/O (rev 01)
0000:00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E] didn't auto detect the ethernet card
and couldn't see an appropriate driver on the list provided
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try
it
Comments/Problems:
It's great that BootX will now boot the 2.6.7 version of the installer.
If I can get a driver for the ethernet card then I can test out all the
other wonderful stuff ;)
I messed around trying to detect the drivers from the tc1 CD but that
didn't get me anywhere
Thanks
Clive
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