On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:27:53AM -0300, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote: > I installed Debian v2.2 on my Performa 6360. > > The CD-ROM installation was not possible, and I don't know why: > On the console, the directories appear wrong, like this: > ".../2.2.23-0001-04-15/poeermac/images-1.44..." > ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ > > But on MacOS, directories names appear OK!
Weird. > Because the problem above, I installed Debian with the files on a MacOS > (HFS) partition. > > In the install manual, I saw this: > > IMPORTANT: The ``Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk'' step > will install quik, however it will not make the necessary modification > to OpenFirmware's `boot-device' variable. This means that running > ``Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk'' will not cause Debian > GNU/Linux to be booted when you reboot. To make Debian GNU/Linux boot > you need to select ``Execute a Shell'' and run: > > nvsetenv `ofpath /dev/sda2` > > where `/dev/sda2' is your root partition. Perform this step after > running ``Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk''. > > The question is: How can I make the GNU/Linux partition bootable? I > don't need a boot manager because I don't need MacOS. I only need to > boot GNU/Linux. The manual has an error there. After you run Make Linux Bootable, just run nvsetenv boot-device `ofpath /dev/sda2` (or whatever your root partition is). That should do it, if the quik/Openfirmware gods are smiling on you today. -- *------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]
