-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Finally, thanks to a HUGE help from "D--", a #beijinglug hero, I managed to install Debian into the Lemote Yeeloong.
Here is D--'s website: http://cinnamonpirate.com/ Feel free to say thanks. :) Here are the instructions: 0. Download the debian loongson image: http://bjlx.org.cn/loongson/loongson2_debian5_20090108.tar.bz2 1. Use gparted to format a partition on a USB disk to ext3. 2. Mount it, change to the folder inside the usb /, and run `tar xjpvf /yourpath/loongson2_debian5_20090108.tar.bz2 3. Open /media/YOUR_NEW_EXT3/etc/fstab and comment out all lines except proc. 4. Run `sync`. Be patient. Remove your USB disk. 5. Start the Yeelong. Open terminal. Remount / as rw instead of ro this way: mount -o remount, rw / 6. Edit /boot/boot.cfg. Make sure it has "showmenu 1". Add these lines. title Debian on Yeeloong kernel /dev/fs/e...@usb0a/boot/vmlinux-yeeloong args console=tty root=/dev/sda1 no_auto_cmd rootdelay=10 7. Power down. Plug in your USB key. 8. Press DEL. At the pmon prompt write: load /dev/fs/e...@usb0a/boot/vmlinux-yeeloong g console=tty root=/dev/sda1 no_auto_cmd rootdelay=10 Then the system will boot into your new shining debian. :) D-- suggested: If you get a kernel panic about not being able to mount root (/), check if it is mapping it as sda. The supplied kernel has a quirk where it mounts and unmounts the device creating it as sdb the second time. My new kernel for medan doesn't have this problem. If you continue to have trouble, I suggest trying a USB hard disk, not a USB stick. I've had a lot of bad experiences with sticks flaking out and writing 0s inside of files. A USB hard disk will not have this problem. THANKS D--. - -- Graziano Sorbaioli -- www.sorbaioli.org ======================================================================== Join the Free Software Foundation: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=7201 Supporters will receive our new USB membership card with gNewSense Live -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkl2CtAACgkQTtn97LA90HMAEwCgnFpQoyCLkvIpBuG0KiQ3aJ06 NMcAoNTr7/VpntmnTBkzjmc+8T3rmqKh =bYco -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
