Re: Booting GNU/Linux...
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:27:53AM -0300, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote:
> I installed Debian v2.2 on my Performa 6360.
>
> The CD-ROM installation was not possible, and I don't know why:
> On the console, the directories appear wrong, like this:
> ".../2.2.23-0001-04-15/poeermac/images-1.44..."
> ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
>
> But on MacOS, directories names appear OK!
Weird.
> Because the problem above, I installed Debian with the files on a MacOS
> (HFS) partition.
>
> In the install manual, I saw this:
>
> IMPORTANT: The ``Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk'' step
> will install quik, however it will not make the necessary modification
> to OpenFirmware's `boot-device' variable. This means that running
> ``Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk'' will not cause Debian
> GNU/Linux to be booted when you reboot. To make Debian GNU/Linux boot
> you need to select ``Execute a Shell'' and run:
>
> nvsetenv `ofpath /dev/sda2`
>
> where `/dev/sda2' is your root partition. Perform this step after
> running ``Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk''.
>
> The question is: How can I make the GNU/Linux partition bootable? I
> don't need a boot manager because I don't need MacOS. I only need to
> boot GNU/Linux.
The manual has an error there. After you run Make Linux Bootable, just run
nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath /dev/sda2`
(or whatever your root partition is). That should do it, if the quik/Openfirmware
gods are smiling on you today.
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