Re: Can't find hard disk on ibook G4 when use Yaboot as a Temporary Bootloader

["Philipp Suter" <philipp.suter@gmx.net>]

Hello 

I am not very much sure, but probably you should 

1. create a bootstrap-partition with mac-fdisk
2. install debian on a linux-filesystem-formated partition (not hfs+) but I
use gentoo (www.gentoo.org), could be working for debian..
3. read the parts of the gentoo-documentation (or a similar explanation for
debian), which explain how to partition and format your disk correctly.

cheers
ph


> 
> Hi, everybody,
> 
> I want to install debian on my ibook G4.
> (Hardware: ibook G4, 512M DDR-RAM, 30G Fujitsu-MHT2030AT,
>                 CD:@f2000000, ATA-3
>                 HD:@f4000000, ATA-6)
> 
> So, I followed en Français's popular instruction -- "Installing Debian
> 3.0 onto an Apple iBook", I chosed Debain + MacOsX solution.
> yaboot from:
>
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/new-powermac/(version:
> 1.3.6 seems old)
> yaboot.conf: 
> image=/linux.bin
> 	label=install
> 	initrd=/root.bin
> 	initrd-size=8192
> 	append="disksize=2.88"
> 
> image=/linux.bin
> 	label=install-safe
> 	initrd=/root.bin
> 	initrd-size=8192
> 	append="disksize=2.88 video=ofonly"
> 
> put them(linux.bin, boot, yaboot.conf, root.bin) on the HD's first
> partition(named debian).
> (My HD's partition table under MacOsX:
>     /dev/disk0s3:  /volume/debian      "MacOS Extended" (HFS+)    
>     /dev/disk0s5:  /                           "MacOS Extended" (HFS+)  )
> 
> enter Openfirmware
> o> boot hd:3,yaboot
> 
> got the warning message: first boot partition is: "Apple_HFS"
>                                        should be: "Apple_Bootstrap"
> 
> then got the boot prompt:
> 
> boot:>
>  
> whatever I chose "install" or "install-safe"
> 
> Yaboot could boot my ibook without load hard disk.
> instead, the system recognise the CD-ROM as /dev/hda
> 
> Could anybody help me?
> Sincerely thanks to you all.
> 
> BTW: I have try CD:"debian-30r2-powerpc-binary-1"
> o>boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot
> boot:>install24-safe
> also can boot system. but got the same problem(Can't find hard disk).
> 
> with my best regards,
> klarke
> 
> -- 
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to minimalist@lists.penguinppc.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe yaboot-users". Trouble? Contact
> listmaster@lists.penguinppc.org
> 

-- 
Geschenkt: 3 Monate GMX ProMail + 3 Top-Spielfilme auf DVD
++ Jetzt kostenlos testen http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail ++