Sorry I didn't respond earlier, not sure how I missed this thread. > Goal: Install Sarge or Woody on a MacIIci > Hardware: > - MacIIci, 32MB RAM, nic (etherlink/nb), graphic card, cache card > - internal HD with 2 partitions: 1 MacOS-Partition, 1 other which has to > be formated for linux > - connected to a SCSI-Tower including 2 CD drives > - floppy drive is broken Floppies aren't supported anyway. > Software: > - MacOs 7.5.3 installed. Does not find the CD-drives. > - Netboot-CDs of m86k Sarge and Woody (both downloaded 18.10.2004) > - Penguin19. Finds all Hardware (including CD drives). > Boot paramters: root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=13000 > (also tried ramdisk_size=20000) > Kernel: vmlinuz-2.2.25-mac > inid.rd from /cdrom (marenka files, downloaded 18.10.2004) Everything sounds fine, except you need initrd22.gz. > Questions > 1) Can Linux partitions be created on a hard disc with installed MacOS > from within MacOS or from Linux/Windows/Basilsik running on another PC? > I know that the debian installer should give me this option, but I have > problems to get there. > The I copy copy all necessary stuff for the base system on the linux > partition. If you can't get to the partitioner in linux, I'm not sure you can complete the installation with d-i. > 2) What value should the ramdisk_size parameter be in woody and sarge > (the mac has 32MB RAM)? Is there a simple way to calculate this? 13000 is the minimum. It cannot be calculated -- it's a build-time parameter. However, if you look on the ramdisk, you will see a file entitled ramdisk_settings which contains what the number should be. 20000 will also always work, the setting just sets what the largest ramdisk can be. > 3) What initrd should be chosen? Pretty much cdrom for cdrom-based installs and nativehd for net-based installs (for macs). <http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.m68k/index.html> See chapter 5. > a) If the install media should be cdrom, then the initrd should be taken > from the directory called "cdrom"? Yes. > b) There are: initrd22.gz, initrd.gz. Which one should be chosen? Why? initrd22.gz is for 2.2 kernels, initrd.gz is for 2.4 kernels (of which m68k/macs don't have any working). > c) What is the use of initrd.list? Tells what version of what packages are on the ramdisk. It's more about debugging. > 4) Strange look in sarge and woody installer. > The border of text windows of the debian installer looks strange: > always 2 blocks and one "â"-character, sometimes borders are partly out > of the screen (photo exists and could be send). Is this OK? Definitely doesn't sound correct. Point me at the image. I suspect this is about having the wrong initrd though. > 5) Problems with sarge and woody loading on both CD drives. > Penguin runs, asks for language, finds CD-ROMS and tries to load > installer components. > sarge: It Aborts after 7% with the following message > "Loading libc6-udeb failed for unknown reasons. Aborting." > Any idea? I can´t continue, because after pressing "<continue>" a blank > screen appeared. > woody: Comes to installer components too and aborts by saying it has > problems reading the CD. > Maybe the cdroms are too old for CDRs (I didn´t bought them). On the > other hand did the installer load other udebs (in sarge) before showing > a read error. If you're using CDRs and not CDs, then I wouldn't think you'd have a problem. I can read a CDR in my stock apple cdrom. I think this is all related to using initrd.gz, which probably has undefined behavior with a 2.2 kernel. If you're not sure, download the nativehd/initrd22.gz ramdisk and use it right from your mac partition. > Any idea? Has anyone successfully used the (net) install CDs? > SCSI-IDs are okay, SCSI-termination should be correct. Often, I'm pretty sure we've even had a successful installation on similar hardware to yours. -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <stephen@marenka.net>
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