Re: Debian on an iMac 17''
Am Son, den 16.11.2003 schrieb Bob Hentges um 11:57:
> On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> >> On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote:
> >>>> Howdy all,
> >>>> I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on
> >>>> my
> >>>> iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the
> >>>> debian installer works on x86 architectures ( as I have done already
> >>>> some installations using the woody installer ), I tried to do so.
> >>>> Unfortunately it didn't work as expected. So here comes some kind
> >>>> of a
> >>>> log file of all the things I tried to get at least the installer to
> >>>> work. ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>>
> >>>> The Sarge installer cd, didn't even boot, I tried using the
> >>>> "hold-down-c" method as well as holding down alt to see all the boot
> >>>> drives. But the cd didn't show up. ( I controlled the md5 of the
> >>>> download iso file, and it was identical to the one I downloaded. )
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Try copying the ofboot.b file from the CD's install/powermac folder
> >>> onto your hard drive partition. Then in OpenFirmware, type
> >>>
> >>> boot hd:xx,ofboot.b
> >>>
> >>> (Use your partition number in place of xx). This will cause the
> >>> Mac to boot from the CD, I hope.
> >>
> >> No, unfortunatly, that didn't work.
> >>
> >> here is what i entered
> >> 0> boot hd:3,ofboot.b
> >> parsing <CHRP-Boot>
> >> Bootinfo is not compatible
> >> ok
> >> 0>
> >>
> >> :/ isn't there a method to immediatly call the kernel on the cd ?
> >> Might it be related to the fact that I got Panther installed,
> >> and that perhaps it is another openfirmware ? as on the
> >> older imac, jaguar was still running.
> >
> > Yes:
> >
> > boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot
> well that works -> the installer gets loaded, thought it still doesn't
> recognize
> my hard disc :/
> >
> > Would you try the below step? If it works for you, then we can make it
> > a general purpose solution for the CDs. Edit the ofboot.b file you put
> > on your disk partition with a text editor. Where it says
> >
> > MacRISC
> >
> > make it read
> >
> > MacRISC MacRISC3 MacRISC4
Chris: I don't really understand what these parameters do. If we should
add them to ofboot.b on the debian-installer cds, could you ask
debian-cd to to change this?
>
> this works just as well, the installer is booted just fine, but the
> hard disc
> is not recognized neither.
>
> But, when it all is loaded, I can read line saying that there is an
> IBM-blabla attached
> and that it is working or something similar.
> The text scrolls actually to fast for me to be able to read it all. :/
>
> As I already said i got an sarge cd under the hand. I ll try to boot
> that one up now,
> using the same procedure.
If it is possible it would be nice if you could test either the latest
debian-installer daily builds [1] or the debian-installer beta1 [2]. It
is a lot easier to debug problems if you can tell us exactly which
version of debian-installer you used than just some "under the hand"
image that we don't know if it's already outdated or not. You can find
more information on the new debian-installer in the INSTALLATION-HOWTO
[3].
[1]http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/powerpc/daily/
[2]http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/powerpc/beta-1/
[3]http://cvs.debian.org/debian-installer/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
Thank you for testing
Gaudenz
>
> might the problem of the non-recognizing of the hard disc be related to
> an updated firmware ? ( as i got panther installed, the very latest
> os... perhaps there have been
> made updates to the system firmware, which is now incompatible to the
> debian
> installer ?
>
>
> > This is apparently what is needed to assure OF that we are compatible
> > with G5s. Does it boot using that file then?
> >
> > --
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> > Chris Tillman (a people instance)
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> >
>
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