If you know of some better, easier to follow, or more complete
directions that I should use please let me know. - Thanks!
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I was planning on installing Linux on my AppleTV 40gb shortly. Now I
know some linux and can do a few of the basic commands. So what I want
to know before getting started is:
I plan on following these directions word or word. Is there anything
im missing or should look out for?
Ok so I already have a quick question, not sure if it really matters
or not. I am in the backup steps, i know i know :)
# Make a tar of all files on the Recovery partition
cd src
tar cf ../dst/backup.tar *
cd ..
# force a disk buffer flush
sync
umount src dst
rmdir src dst
The directions
Ok so I already have a quick question, not sure if it really matters
or not. I am in the backup steps, i know i know :)
# Make a tar of all files on the Recovery partition
cd src
tar cf ../dst/backup.tar *
cd ..
# force a disk buffer flush
sync
umount src dst
rmdir src dst
The directions
One more question before I move on... looking forward at the section:
Install crystal HD driver and library Do I skip this part since I
dont have a mini pci-e card installed? Here is what the instructions
say to do.
svn trunk and git trees might be unstable. So use the last tag from
Jason-
you would skip that part. don't forget without a broadcom chip, you wont be
able to play HD content.
Speaking about broadcom, does anyone know if the 1080i content issue has been
fixed?
thanks
-Phil
- Original Message
From: Jason jason.n.pe...@gmail.com
To: atv-bootloader
Ok hit a snag Its all installed and im running the Post
Installation Fix. The step says to:
Change the USB flash drive, so that it will boot automatically to
Linux next time
mkdir tmp
mount /dev/sdb2 tmp
vi tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist
- change patchstick to auto
umount tmp
When I run vi
Ok hit a snag Its all installed and im running the Post
Installation Fix. The step says to:
Change the USB flash drive, so that it will boot automatically to
Linux next time
mkdir tmp
mount /dev/sdb2 tmp
vi tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist
- change patchstick to auto
umount tmp
When I run vi
And im back again... I edited tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist using NANO and
added the line atv-boot=auto without the quotes. Should it have
quotes?
Anyways now I still cant it to boot after doing the following:
mount /dev/sda5 tmp
vi tmp/boot/grub/menu.lst
Change it to something like this (check your
And im back again... I edited tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist using NANO and
added the line atv-boot=auto without the quotes. Should it have
quotes?
cat com.apple.Boot.plist and post it so others can see it too :)
Anyways now I still cant it to boot after doing the following:
mount /dev/sda5 tmp
# cat tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist
atv_boot=auto
# cat tmp/boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.
## default num
# Set the
There was only one file in there... but I also accidentally deleted
the one that was in there. Shit shit
I think there should be more files than just com.apple.Boot.plist
I also changed root (hd1,4) back to root (hd0,4), I changed that just
to see if that had something to do with the
Sorry to jump around here is what I get from ls -la tmp:
# ls -la tmp
drwxrwxr-x1 99 99 10 Apr 27 04:26 .
drwxr-xr-x3 root root0 Apr 27 05:10 ..
dr-xr-xr-t1 root root2 Apr 26 19:17 .HFS+ Private
Directory Data
drwx--1 99
Sorry to jump around here is what I get from ls -la tmp:
# ls -la tmp
drwxrwxr-x1 99 99 10 Apr 27 04:26 .
drwxr-xr-x3 root root0 Apr 27 05:10 ..
dr-xr-xr-t1 root root2 Apr 26 19:17 .HFS+ Private
Directory Data
drwx--1 99
its /dev/sdb2 mounted to tmp
its from this set of instructions after installing Linux:
mkdir tmp
mount /dev/sdb2 tmp
vi tmp/com.apple.Boot.plist
- change patchstick to auto
umount tmp
On Apr 26, 10:23 pm, Scott D. Davilla davi...@4pi.com wrote:
Sorry to jump around here is what I get from
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