Re: debian on the 7200
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> i helped someone install a debian only 7200 over irc, it can be done,
> the OF boot device i think ended up being:
>
> scsi/sd@0:0
>
> you will need a serial terminal to interface with OF however.
Sometimes...depends on the brokenness. :) The easiest way IMHO is to use
bootvars, and hope your aliases aren't broken (screen for output, and keyb
for input). That was on a 5400/180 though, the 7200 may be worse. This
assumes you've still got a tiny MacOS partition to muck with until you get
the quik configured correctly.
> also note that he has failed to get a kernel past 2.2.14 to boot on
> this machine from OF. (i built the kernels for him, i built the
> 2.2.14 its running now)
>
> you best bet getting started is using the miboot boot floppies, these
> do not require macos. get hfs-boot.img or someting like that when you
> download the boot floppies.
What exactly is miboot? And where can I read docs for it?
Would it be possible to pull a yaboot-like bootup with miboot? Create a
small partition at the beginning of the drive to hold miboot? Or is this
completely unfeasable?
-Jeremiah Merkl
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