On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 06:56:40PM +0200, Adrian Cotfas wrote: > Hi! > > I have installed debian potato on a powerbook g3 (wallstreet) but i cant > figure out how to make the system boot from the hard drive! This is my first > experience with powerpc platform so I really dont have a clue how to do this. > I read documentation for quik but when trying to install i get > the error message > Fatal error: Couldnt locate partition 2 on /dev/hda > > I have the following setup (booting from cdrom for now) > /dev/hda1 30MB boot partition ext2fs (not used, empty) > /dev/hda2 2GB root partition ext2fs marked bootable > > partitions created with cfdisk and mke2fs used on them > > my quik.conf: > root=/dev/hda2 > timeout=20 > image=/boot/vmlinux > label=Linux > read-only >
This looks good, as long as your real kernel is named vmlinux (not vmlinux-2.2.19-pmac or so). > > I read something about setting OF variables, but dont know if and how to do > so! > Anyone willing to give a short step by step explanation of how to set things > up? I really suspect the issue is cfdisk. I've never used it, or heard of its use on powerpc. Yet we refer to it in the manual. I suspect it doesn't create the partition table that usually sits in hda1 if you use mac-fdisk. Probably you should start over with mac-fdisk, use the i command to create a new partition table, and re-install. If this solves the problem, please write a bug to have cfdisk removed form the powerpc manual. I don't think it should be there. For OF, it's helpful but really not necessary to set the boot-file to Linux (same as you would type at the prompt). nvsetenv boot-file Linux Also, use nvsetenv without arguments to see what the other firmware properties are set to. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
