On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Ben Reser wrote:
> * bootstrap partiation - There has got to be something wrong with the
> bootstrap partation code. To give some background, I have a Titanium
> laptop with a 30 GB HD in it. It had Linux/PPC on it partitioned as
> follows (sizes are best gueses now so it probably doesn't add up):
> A bunch of driver partitions.
> A HFS+ partition containing OS 9/X (10 GB).
> A bootstrap for Linux/PPC (1 MB)
> /boot HFS (25 MB or so)
> / ext2 (5 GB)
> swap (200 MB)
> /home ext2 (13 GB)
> /exchange HFS (650 MB)
>
> My plan was to keep this basic partition layout, leave my /home alone,
> format the /boot, /, swap, /exchange and go on. However, the installer
> wasn't going to cooperate with this plan.
>
There are bootstraps and bootstraps. What the installer considers to be a
bootstrap has a very strict definition:
HFS
type: Apple_Bootstrap
name: bootstrap
I'm not sure what LinuxPPC is doing, and I've never tried to install over
a LinuxPPC setup.
> First I was told that there wasn't enough room for a bootstrap
> partition, which I promptly ignored knowing I had one. So set my mount
> points and go through the process and on I go to be told that there
> wasn't a bootstrap. I tried all kinds of things, sometimes it would
> tell me I didn't have one or didn't have enough space to make one.
> Sometimes it would let me go all the way through the installation only
> to have issues with install the bootloaders (not sure if this was
> related). At any rate after messing around with it for a while my
> partition table got messed up, it though the linux partions were
> overlapping with my OS 9/X partition. I was able to boot into OS X but
> I'd lost my OS 9 install. So I reinitialized the drive with Drive Setup
> and did my partition setup there, leaving 1 MB at the end of the drive
> so that the installer could please itself by making it. In short it was
> a very frustrating experience.
>
> Some observations: The AutoAllocate does not leave room for the
> bootstrap. The AutoAllocate does not make a /boot partition nor is the
> / partition HFS, which creates problems with the boot loader, if you
> don't know your boot loader needs to go on an HFS partition you're just
> flat out screwed.
>
/boot is not required - autoallocatee works the same as x86. why would "/"
want to be HFS? All Linux partitions are created as Linux partition types.
The only HFS partition required for our install is the bootstrap, which is
HFS and is not part of the Linux directory structure.
> Enough of the disk issues if you need clarrification please ask.
>
> * I noticed some issues with the package selections:
> apmd - Umm why is that even in there do PPC machines even use APMD and
> why is it in the top of the menu instead of burried in Other.
>
> mutt - This is an excellent well used client that's not in the top level
> nor is it installed by default. I think this is an oversight. Also why
> are we shipping 1.3.15i which is a development release and is not
> considered stable?
>
Placement of the packages should be the same as x86 - this code is
identical. You need to understand that Mandrake PPC exists in the greater
context of Mandrake. This puts a number of restrictions on how things
place out, as it is not a "pure" PPC distribution. This is Mandrake 8.0,
and as such the versions of the packages were determined by what was
released for x86. Looking at a Mandrake 8.0 CD - I see
mutt-1.3.15i-3mdk.i586.rpm
> macutils - Also burried in Other, probably should be part of the default
> install.
>
> pmud - Burried in Other again, not necessarily needed in the default
> install but why are we burrying something like this in Other?
>
> * /boot setup issues - Anyway I finally through the install. However,
> now I can't get the thing to boot linux. I tried the setenv boot-device
> like the installer suggested, no can do. OF says there's nothing to
> boot there. My /boot shows under OS 9 and looks just fine. Finally I
> end stealing the Fake System Folder I used under Linux/PPC put it in the
> /boot, replace the yaboot in the System Folder with the Mandrake one and
> the same with yaboot.conf. Reboot, this time it works but I still can't
> boot now it can't find the images. The images were set to something
> like: hd:10,\\\\/vmlinuz.... (sorry doing this off the top of my head
> not being exact here). I changed it to just vmlinux... and bingo it
> boots. Somehow I think the installs idea of the boot loader is
> foobared.
>
If you insist on combining our boot methodology with the way LinuxPPC does
it, I expect you'll continue to have troubles. Our methodolgy is simple:
All Linux software (kernel and packages) are on Linux partitions.
The bootstrap is invisible to MacOS, and is used only for the bootloader:
ofboot.b
yaboot
ybaoot.conf (copy of file in /etc - placed her by ybin)
> * Eterm doesn't have a menu entry under Terminals.
>
> * /etc/sysctl.conf has net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0 in it when tcp_ecn is not
> defined in the 2.4.4 kernel.
>
Apparently x86 must have this defined in their kernel and drakx disables
it. My first exposure to it.
> * mailcap isn't installed by default nor do I remember seeing it in the
> indvidual package section.
>
> * boo on not shipping Netscape. I ended up installing netscape from
> Linux/PPC and stealing the libstdc++ libraries it needed.
>
> * During the install XF86 4.0.3 wouldn't work with my Titanium. So I
> installed Xpmac and switched it back later after I put a XF86Config-4
> file that was compatable with the Titanium. Interestingly enough the
> installers config file doesn't include the proper Modeline's for the
> TiBook at all. It'd be nice if this was added:
> Modeline "1152x768" 78.741 1152 1173 1269 1440 768 769 772 800 +HSync +VSync
> (stolen from the config file of the guy who did it for LinuxPPC the full
> configuration can be found at:
> http://ftp.linuxppc.org/kernels/titanium/XF86Config-TiBook-nakashin )
>
Thank-you - I will add it. No-one has offered to provide that information
before.
> * I've written a stratup script for the Airport if anyone is interested.
>
> * I like to remap my apple/command key to the middle mouse button and
> the enter key (by the spacebar) to the right mouse button. So I put the
> codes in for it but nothing happens. Works just fine if I use F11 and
> F12. Any ideas. The same thing worked in LinuxPPC so I know it's
> possible.
>
What codes are you using, and what technique to assign them?
>From what you are describing and a quick test on my Powerbook, it looks
like the codes you want are:
KEY_LEFTMETA 125
KEY_KPENTER 96
To enable them I did the following (as root):
echo 1 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
echo 125 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
echo 96 > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
To keep those setting on reboot, edit /etc/sysctl.conf:
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button_emulation = 1
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button2_keycode = 125
dev.mac_hid.mouse_button3_keycode = 96
The keycodes are listed in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/input.h
> That's it for now. This is all my opinion. And my experiences. Take
> it with a grain of salt if you want or take it seriously.
>
I do take the comments seriously, and welcome the feedback.
Stew Benedict
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