That's exactly what I was going to suggest! Paul.
On 30 Sep, 19:13, Dan Crosta <[email protected]> wrote: > I was able to work around this using boot=manual in > com.apple.Boot.plist, and writing my own boot_linux.sh. > > On Sep 29, 10:59 pm, Dan Crosta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to get an AppleTV to boot into Ubuntu 9.04 (server edition, > > if that matters). Here's what I've done: > > > * back up ATV hard drive > > * repartition and reformat > > * attach hard drive via USB to macbook pro, run Ubuntu 9.04 server > > install from macbook onto the USB drive > > * twiddle a few things > > * set eth0 to come up automatically via DHCP at startup (by editing / > > etc/network/interfaces) > > * add fbcon, vesafb, 8139too to initrd image, per [1] > > > When I put the hard drive back into the AppleTV, it boots into the atv- > > bootloader busybox, then attempts to load the new kernel for Ubuntu. I > > see "kexec --load ..." and then "kexec jump to new kernel". > > Immediately after is: > > > umount: /proc/mounts: no such file or directory > > > (that line repeats once more) > > > I've let the ATV sit for a while, hoping that I would notice a new > > device on my router, and perhaps it's just the framebuffer support > > that's wonky -- unfortunately, no such luck. > > > If anyone could suggest some steps I might try, I would appreciate it > > a lot. > > > Thanks! > > - Dan Crosta > > > [1]http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/InstallUbuntuGutsy > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
