| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 11 Apr 2001 at 11:14:53 |
| Subject: | Re: Here is a tough one |
hi,
> I am trying to install LinuxPPC 2000 (which is the redhat version) on my
> A1200T with Blizzard PPC603 200mhz SCSI and 060/50 +128 MB of ram.
that should be fine.
> All the partition on my HD are PF3 but I have managed to have a 70MB FFS
> partition where I put redhat and all the rest of files (bootstrap,
> ram.image, etc.)
okay...but no need to as you have the LinuxPPC 2000 CD - which is
supported by the 2000 installer.
> I have managed to launch the installer using the bootstrap command:
>
> bootstrap --apus -k vmlinux -r ramdisk.image.gz root=/dev/hda6 video=amifb:off video=pm2fb:800x600-16
that wont launch the installer...ramdisk.image.gz is just a test ramdisk
to see if it boots up, you need to get the latest 2000 installer ramdisk
from http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net
which kernel are you trying? I'd SERIOUSLY suggest that you use the 2.2.10
kernel up until you have the latest packages installed
Also, you have SCSI, right? So why are you trying to invoke an IDE
harddisk?
when installing, root=/dev/ram, after installing,
root=/dev/parititon_where_root_is
eg root=/dev/sda6 (if the / for Linux is on 6th partition of first
SCSI disk)
> SUPERSCALAR OFF
> WRITEBUFFER OFF
> BRAWCACHEOFF
eurgh!!!! put all of those ON :-)
> C:SetPatch NONSD QUIET SKIPROMUPDATES blizzppc.device WAITFORVALIDATE
any reasons to do this skipping....escpecially as in the next lines
> ; BEGIN NSDPATCH
> IF EXISTS C:NSDPatch
> C:NSDPatch QUIET
> ENDIF
> ; END NSDPATCH
you enable NSD (counteracts the NONSD of setpatch)
alan
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