Re: Guide for Oldworld Powermac d-i test using BootX and netinst CD
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 10:32:35PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > I tested d-i using BootX.
Greate. Your destined to test disk boots for powerpc then.
> Cool. Tell me again though, there are some oldworld pmacs which can't do
> this and need miboot, right ?
>
> > 1) Burn a CD from
> >
> > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/powerpc/
> >
> > (I used the sarge-powerpc-netinst iso).
Joeyhs loopback detection udeb _will_be_ helpfull there. Just dump the
image to harddisk and hope it finds it. :)
> > 2) Boot into MacOS, insert the CD, and copy linux.bin and root.bin
> > from /install/powermac/ to your Linux Kernels folder in the System Folder.
> > Of course, if you already have files there, you might want to rename
> > these.
Can they be left on the cdrom?
> > 3) Start BootX. Set the Options to use a root disk, and Browse to the
> > root.bin you just copied in. Make sure the no-video-driver box is
> > _not_ checked (at least on my box). Add the boot argument:
And this configured to use them from cdrom?
> > init=/linuxrc
>
> I thought this was not necessary anymore. What is the exact status on
> this ?
Pending tests. I will get to it today.
> Friendly,
>
> > 4) Save preferences, if you want, and push the Linux button.
> >
> > 5) When the machine reboots, it ejects the CD. The next screen you see
> > after the boot arguments is the Language Chooser; before choosing a
> > language, re-insert the CD. This will let the CD detection code detect
> > it automatically. If you don't insert it now, you will get an
> > opportunity later when it can't find a CD.
> >
> > 6) Test installer! The incarnation I used couldn't install the kernel
> > and modules because of the missing ppcdetect. I got around this in
> > console 2 by copying the kernel from /cdrom/install/powermac to
> > /target/boot. If I knew more about udpkg, I could probably install
> > modules also :) ... as it was, I just
udpkg -i bla.udeb
> > cp -R /lib/modules /target/lib/modules
> >
> > Ah, the joys of busybox with autocompletion, history, and cp -R !!
Yes. I loved that too.
> > 7) Use reboot in console 2 to quit the installer.
Didn't I hear something about a reboot menu item being created now?
> > 8) There is no quik-installer yet, but you can boot your installed
> > system by using BootX again. Un-check the root disk option, remove
> > init=/linuxrc, and type in the designation of your root partition such
> > as hda6 in the space provided. I actually got it booted; my bogus
> > modules didn't load, no automatic base-config yet; but we're getting
> > there!
Can the CDrom contain an icon that will start the installation when
clicked? Can BootX be on the CD or is that a system component allways
available?
> Yes, we need a volunteer to work on quik-installer.
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
MfG
Goswin
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