Install problems
I'm trying to install Debian on a G4.
The actual installation works flawlessly, with the exception of the atyf128
driver not being in the kernel - but video=ofonly gets around this. I've
been told this has been fixed in incoming.
There's two internal SCSI hard drives, both are going to be used by linux.
I use 'i' in mac-fdisk to wipe the drives, then set up a Apple_Bootstrap
partition along with the rest of my Linux partitions. Go through and install
the rest of the base system. At the end I execute a shell. Edit
/target/etc/ofboot.b and change the boot line to:
boot /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4/@0:2,\\yaboot
(The drive is on SCSI ID 0, the Apple_Boostrap partition is 2) and save.
Then I run mkofboot:
mkofboot --boot /dev/sda2 -m /target/etc/ofboot.b --root /dev/sda4 \
--partition 4 \
--device /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4/@0:2
I reboot the system, and it apparently hangs on the grey screen.
So I reboot the system, and hold down the option key.
The CD pops as a boot device, but then the 'watch hand' sits there for an
apparently infinite amount of time.
So I reboot off the CD, passing 'debian root=/dev/sda4 video=ofonly' to
yaboot, and the system boots up fine. What am I doing wrong?
I'm following the instructions Ethan Benson has up at
www.alaska.net/~erbenson/debian/ and
www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/yaboot-faq.html.
I'm using the 2.2.16 boot floppies.
Attached is my ofboot.b and yaboot.conf file.
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## example yaboot.conf for ybin and yaboot 0.6
## see man yaboot.conf for more details.
## change to your bootstrap partition ie /dev/hda2
boot=/dev/sda2
device=/pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4/@0:2,\\yaboot
timeout=20
install=/boot/yaboot
magicboot=/boot/ofboot.b
image=/vmlinux
label=Linux
root=/dev/hda4
read-only
partition=4
<CHRP-BOOT>
<COMPATIBLE>
iMac,1 PowerMac1,1 PowerBook1,1 PowerMac2,1 PowerMac3,1 PowerBook2,1 PowerBook3,1
</COMPATIBLE>
<DESCRIPTION>
GNU/Linux PPC bootloader
</DESCRIPTION>
<BOOT-SCRIPT>
boot /pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D@4/@0:2,\\yaboot
</BOOT-SCRIPT>
<OS-BADGE-ICONS>
1010
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0000000000F5FFFFFEFEF50000000000
00000000002BFAFEFAFCF70000000000
0000000000F65D5857812B0000000000
0000000000F5350B2F88560000000000
0000000000F6335708F8FE0000000000
00000000005600F600F5FD8100000000
00000000F9F8000000F5FAFFF8000000
000000008100F5F50000F6FEFE000000
000000F8F700F500F50000FCFFF70000
00000088F70000F50000F5FCFF2B0000
0000002F582A00F5000008ADE02C0000
00090B0A35A62B0000002D3B350A0000
000A0A0B0B3BF60000505E0B0A0B0A00
002E350B0B2F87FAFCF45F0B2E090000
00000007335FF82BF72B575907000000
000000000000ACFFFF81000000000000
000000000081FFFFFFFF810000000000
0000000000FBFFFFFFFFAC0000000000
000000000081DFDFDFFFFB0000000000
000000000081DD5F83FFFD0000000000
000000000081DDDF5EACFF0000000000
0000000000FDF981F981FFFF00000000
00000000FFACF9F9F981FFFFAC000000
00000000FFF98181F9F981FFFF000000
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000000FFACF9F981F9F981FFFFFB0000
00000083DFFBF981F9F95EFFFFFC0000
005F5F5FDDFFFBF9F9F983DDDD5F0000
005F5F5F5FDD81F9F9E7DF5F5F5F5F00
0083DD5F5F83FFFFFFFFDF5F835F0000
000000FBDDDFACFBACFBDFDFFB000000
000000000000FFFFFFFF000000000000
0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000
0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000
0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000
0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000
0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFF0000000000
0000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00000000
00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000
00000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000
000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000
000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000
000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000
00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000
00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00
00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0000
000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF000000
</OS-BADGE-ICONS>
</CHRP-BOOT>
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