Re: Can't Install on new PowerBooks - NO IDE

[Andy Botting <andy@andybotting.com>]

Hi Andrea,

I don't know about debian, put the gentoo ppc folks have created a
livecd with the basic enablement patch integrated. The gentoo forums
link to the topic is: 

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-396455.html

I imagine that you could bootstrap install debian through that, but I
can't say I have ever done that before, and I haven't heard anything
about a debian boot image (cd or usb) with the patch.

cheers,

Andy


On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 07:58 +0100, Andrea Fastame wrote:
> Same installation issue (IDE) here with the newest powerbook5,8 15".  
> So it looks like we should try to patch the 2.6.14 kernel. Ok. When I  
> am done compiling, where should I copy it? USB stick? So I suppose I  
> will have to mount it at boot time when installing, just before  
> choosing the kernel image, right?
> I would appreciate some hints on this matter. I mean, compiling and  
> mounting the usb device. Or there's some chance of creating an  
> installation disk with additional (the self-compiled one) kernel  
> images. BTW i am a Debian user, just so you know.
> 
>