On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:53:06PM +0100, Steve Hargreaves wrote: > > OK, you'll be pleased to know that this worked. I used the 3.0 amigainstall > pacgage copied to a normal AmigaDOS directory on an SFS partition, with disk 1 > of the 2.2r2 CD distribution in my IDE drive. I cd'd to the CD and then > started > with the following command line:-
No need to cd to the CD. > Programs:linux/amiboot5.6 -d -k programs:linux/linux.bin -r > programs:linux/amiga/root.bin root=/dev/ram video=virge:800x600-8 ide=doubler > > This got me to an apprently 2.2 version of dbootstrap It would have surprised me if you had gotten anything else ;-) > You might note that the version of Amiboot on the 2.2 CD also failed before > starting linux, but I don't suppose it matters. Maybe because its not executable? I thought this was fixed in later versions of the 2.2 release. > The predominant problems are:- > > Mouse freezing don't install gpm? > Lack of any response when clicking on the buttons on the desktop > a complete system freeze when trying to quit the desktop Buttons on the desktop??? What desktop, Gnome, KDE, ... ? > I suspect that most, if not all of these are related to the installation > problems, thou, and when I get a chance, I'll go through it all again. I thought you wanted to upgrade to 3.0? I wouldn't install all that stuff if you want to upgrade to woody anyway. Christian -- http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/woody
