Re: Can't Install on new PowerBooks - NO IDE
Hi Parag,
I was thinking about getting one of the new 15" PowerBooks (hi-res, powerbook5,8, but I've been
reading about this problem.
I first found out about this problem on the Gentoo Forums from this post:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-396455.html
Then I read a little more about it on the linuxppc-dev list:
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-October/020222.html
On the linuxppc-dev list, there are some patches to enable the ATA controller, Gigabit ethernet
and basic AGP setup. I guess it's probably a matter of patching the 2.6.14 source and booting
that.
cheers,
Andy
>Has anyone tried to install debian on the new PowerBooks yet?
>I tried and the kernel didn't detect any IDE controller, so I
>couldn't get the installer going past the select CDROM prompt.
>
>I tried loading ide-cd , ide-generic and all other ide modules
>but no success.
>
>Parag
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