On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Michael Tomkins wrote: > > Will try this. There needs to be a way to install Linux if you don't > have linux on the computer already, and while the 2.2.27 installer > works, I would not like to install 2.2.27 over ?? hours just to install > 2.6 on **another** partition later. Some people may like to try to > install with very limited resources (eg. an original drive)
The Debian installer allows you to do that. If the ISO is not a bootable one (the bootable ones are provided by Laurent Vivier, not Debian) then you only need MacOS + Penguin (and a CDROM drive). If you don't have a CD-ROM drive, things get a bit more interesting. Likewise, if you want to install Gentoo. The easiest way I can see would be a standard Apple Network Boot floppy plus an AFP file server (like Netatalk or MacOS). Into the AFP share you place a partitioning tool, a copy of SUntar, Penguin, kernel binary, and a block image of the root filesystem (which could be derived from Debian installer media or a Gentoo stage tarball). Then you use SUntar to image your target partition and boot it with Penguin. (I've used this method.) Another possible solution would be a busybox/Emile bootable floppy with mac-fdisk. Then you pull the block image down using netcat or the like, and boot it using the bootloader on the floppy. >... > PS the www.mac.linux-m68k.org/resources/ FAQ links are mostly broken (the OLD > FTP site is now nerdnet.nl ??) Yes, nerdnet.nl hosts linux-m68k.org. I asked them to host the ftp.mac.linux-m68k.org, which they did for a while, but it disappeared last year. I will look into alternative arrangements. > > > > -- > > > > BTW, if you put a space after that, i.e. "-- ", it and the rest of the > > .sig will get omitted automatically from replies quoting your message. > > > Checking that now. Works for me (alpine), thanks. Finn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
