Debian on Firewire iBook (Was Re: ibook keyboard not correct under X)
Okay, so I've got the iBook booting from the CD, and I get the yaboot
prompt... but after I type in all the video stuff, I get several messages
saying "Wrong partition 1 signature", then a "booting
kernel" screen... and then it just hangs. Is there something wrong with
the way I've partitioned my disk? I've got the first partition set as
~5.5 gigs, Unallocated (for Debian) and the second as ~4 gigs, HFS (for
Mac OS). I also tried using the "Preferred LinuxPPC" partitioning scheme,
with the same results.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian Dunnette
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 09:38:07AM +0200, Jean-Noel Colin wrote:
> Hi
>
> Indeed, I had the same problem.
>
> You should boot from Open Firmware (press apple-option-O-F during
> the bell at boot). This will get you to a prompt.
>
> Type boot cd://yaboot (replace slashes by backslashes)
> at the yaboot prompt, type debian video=aty128fb:vmode:10:depth:8:
>
> You will have to include this video stuff each time you reboot until
> you have installed a working system.
>
> you'll probably have more questions and I'll be glad to help. I can't
> promise to get back to you immediately because I am quite busy.
>
> I attach a file that helped me a lot
>
> /jnc
>
>
>
> > As a fellow iBook indigo user, do you have any tips on installing
> > Debian? I've tried booting from CDs (by holding down the "C" key while
> > booting), but this doesn't seem to work... any suggestions?
> >
> > Brian Dunnette
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 09:10:44AM +0200, Jean-Noel Colin wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have successfully installed potato on my ibook indigo with a french
> > > keyboard. I configured the keyboard properly under console mode (even
> > > though I need to rerun kbdconfig each time I reboot), but under X, I
> > > have some problems. All alphanumeric keys work properly, but
> > >
> > > the backspace key does not work: I have to press shift-backspace to
> > > get it work. However, in dialog windows, the backspace key acts as a
> > > delete key!
> > >
> > > I can't get the pipe (vertical bar) character. I tried by pressing
> > > shift + option + L, but it does not work. The same is for backslash.
> > >
> > > Can someone help me in fixing this?
> > >
> > > Except from these, I am very pleased to run debian on this system. I
> > > already own a PC running debian and making the family bigger was quite
> > > satisfactory!!
> > >
> > > Jean-Noel Colin
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
>
Content-Description: iBookDV-install.txt
> Debian/PPC install
> on
> the iBook Firewire
> 2nd edition
>
> Introduction
> ------------
>
> Dat is my experience with installing Potato Debian on my iBook DVD, using the
> rev0 CDs. This is not a Guide to Debian installation, rather a step-by-step
> guide (doh!). And write down what you're doing (especially partition numbers,
> that the reason why I'm writing this and reinstalling everything from scratch
> for the second time)
> Enjoy.
>
> Instructions
> ------------
>
> 1. Boot the laptop with the iBook install, by pressing "C" during the chime
> sound
> 2. Launch the Drive Setup, on the CD, in the Utilities directory
> 3. I created 2 partitions. First one is the Linux Place Holder, one big fat
> partition that we'll split into all your Linux partitions during the Debian
> install process. The second one is for MacOS. You might want to create 3
> partitions (respectivily for Linux, MacOS, and an HFS one for sharing files
> between Linux and MacOS). I'm only using MacOS to play DVDs, so it's no big
> deal for me.
> 4. Install MacOS on the MacOS drive (don't install on the place holder for
> Linux!)
> 5. Reboot the 'puter, it should work, otherwise bring your iBook back to the
> shop and jump off a cliff.
>
> 6. Now that we're sure that the iBook and MacOS works, reboot up, and press
> Option-Apple-O-F during the chime to access the Open Firmware.
> 7. type in "boot cd:\\yaboot". Try "boot cd:\install\powermac\yaboot" if the
> former fails.
> 8. On the yaboot prompt, enter "debian video=aty128fb:vmode:10:depth:8:" where
> debian is the name of the image you're gonna be using to boot (hit <Tab> to
> list the available ones).
> 9. Select your keyboard, and Partition your HD, following Ethan Benson's
> mac-fdisk-basics.txt (see at the bottom for URL).
> 11. At this point I have this kind of partitioning:
> hda1 to hda8: MacOS crap
> hda9: Apple_Bootstrap partition
> hda10: / (root)
> hda11: swap
> hda12: /home (home)
> hda13: /opt (opt)
> hda14: MacOS
>
> (...Later...)
>
> 10. When asked if you want to "Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk",
> get to another console and get a shell (on the iBook, it's a bit dodgy,
> keep pressed in this order Apple-fn-F2).
> 11. Run this line to get your bootstrap partition initialized:
> mkofboot --boot /dev/hda9 -m /target/etc/ofboot.b --root /dev/hda10 --p
> artition 10
> 12. In the present state, you wouldn't be able to boot Linux because of the
> (lack of) novideo option in the default yaboot.conf
> Edit the /target/etc/yaboot.conf. Here is what it looks like after all the
> editing:
>
> boot=/dev/hda9
> device=hd:
> timeout=20
> install=/boot/yaboot
> magicboot=/boot/ofboot.b
>
> image=/vmlinux
> label=Linux
> root=/dev/hda10
> read-only
> partition=10
> novideo
>
> 13. Run that to be able to run Linux:
> ybin -C /target/etc/yaboot.conf -m /target/etc/ofboot.b
> 14. Reboot the system, and get into the Open Firmware again
> 15. To boot your linux system, type in:
> boot hd:9,yaboot
>
> (...Later...)
>
> 16. Voila, you still need to configure your computer (X-Window, dial-up,
> desktop...), but at least it will boot up normally =)
> 17. to boot up by default with Linux, run "setenv boot-device hd:9,yaboot"
> within the Open Firmware. Press the Option key during the chime to boot
> MacOS.
>
> URLS
> ----
>
> - Ethan Benson's site, contains mac-fdisk-basics.txt and the yaboot FAQ
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
> - Hadess.net, the website for updates (if necessary) of this document
> http://localhost/files/ppc/ibook/
>
> Thanks
> ------
>
> Thanks to Ethan Benson, Michel Danzer, and Daniel Jacobowitz for their technica
> l
> help.
>
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