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| 23:05.39 | jnavarro_ | Hi! I´ve been struggling to boot Debian 8.3 ppc on a Powerbook G4 1.5ghz from USB, I dd the iso onto a USB, then went to Open Firmware, and followed the many instructions on the internet with no success, has anyone here been successful on booting thru USB? |
| 23:07.36 | bikerr | ooh, thats an art of its own . no dvd or cdr's handy ? ' |
| 23:07.46 | bikerr | got a link to the guide? |
| 23:09.51 | jnavarro_ | I went to the store to buy some, but I found out that the superdrive might be faulty as it ejects the CDs and DVDs |
| 23:10.22 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: The reason I wanted to test USB is to have 2 HDD in the future so to maybe use a Software RAID setup. |
| 23:10.29 | bikerr | damn ,that sucks, but certainly booting from usb should be possible, can you list the files via OF ? |
| 23:10.36 | bikerr | as in, can it be read at all ? |
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| 23:10.52 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: No I can´t list the files on the USB drive |
| 23:11.19 | bikerr | ok, is it a 5v usb hard drive? i've got issues on my powerbook where it cannot power up the external drives |
| 23:11.39 | bikerr | hmm, there should be a way for assign the usb to cd i think |
| 23:12.00 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: It is a USB flash stick |
| 23:12.07 | bikerr | that should be good |
| 23:12.51 | jnavarro_ | its been resetting PMU, PRAM, cleaning Superdrive slot with a business card and a cloth |
| 23:13.32 | bikerr | that ought be good then |
| 23:13.41 | bikerr | you've followed a guide like this? https://sites.google.com/site/shawnhcorey/howto-boot-apple-powerpcs-from-a-usb-drive-in-open-firmware |
| 23:13.47 | bikerr | and https://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/powerpc/ch05s01.html.en |
| 23:13.50 | bikerr | i guess? |
| 23:15.15 | jnavarro_ | Yes, I read that \\yaboot will search within directories, and \install\yaboot is the direct path |
| 23:15.21 | jnavarro_ | But none of them work |
| 23:16.21 | bikerr | must be some issue with it not understanding what FS is is |
| 23:17.17 | bikerr | might run into issues with the installer, but putting the files on a fat partition might work |
| 23:17.41 | bikerr | http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384 there we go |
| 23:17.41 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: So dd should take whatever fs the iso is and mirror it on the USB? |
| 23:18.03 | bikerr | there is some trickery that should be done with boot-device |
| 23:18.06 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: I can try that will prepare the USB FAT and just copy the files there |
| 23:18.11 | bikerr | devalias etc |
| 23:18.25 | bikerr | i went trough a process of learning all that when trying to boot amigaos4 |
| 23:18.40 | bikerr | of course thats all forgotten now ; \ and i cannot find the file instantly |
| 23:20.27 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: Do you know if the Scheme can affect the USB stick? I can choose from GUID, MBR and Apple Partition Map |
| 23:21.08 | bikerr | i'd say try being as much CD as you can |
| 23:21.17 | bikerr | but certainly MBR and GUID ought work |
| 23:21.28 | bikerr | try creating two partitions |
| 23:21.48 | bikerr | in case you get anywhere with booting , it might or might not search for the cd , the iso or find the files |
| 23:22.10 | bikerr | there is a method for which the installer will look for the ISO |
| 23:24.52 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: I remember reading about that one, where you start with the minimum stuff needed then look for the ISOs you copied onto the USB |
| 23:25.17 | jnavarro_ | Formatted USB to FAT, MBR, and started to copy Debian 8.3 install ISO files onto it |
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| 23:25.59 | jnavarro_ | Mounted the ISO and getting the actual files not the ISO itself :) |
| 23:26.51 | jnavarro_ | And 30 minutes left as I´m using the DVD installer |
| 23:28.19 | bikerr | i'd suggest trying that first yes, its most def a problem where OF gets confused , shame tho, the dd if=debian.iso of=/dev/sdXy has always worked on x86 |
| 23:31.11 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: I even tried different block sizes to see if it made a difference but no |
| 23:32.39 | bikerr | rather odd |
| 23:37.14 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: I had a Ubuntu CD installer and another spare USB did the same, MBR, FAT, copied files, it went faster as it was CD, plugged it onto the Powerbook, and bam!!! Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.16 |
| 23:37.33 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: I´ll wait for Debian 8.3 files to copy!!!!!! |
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| 23:38.14 | bikerr | hope it works! |
| 23:38.45 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: Yes I´ll let you and the channel know how it goes after the files have been copied onto the USB stick |
| 23:40.13 | bikerr | good stuff, i'll need to re-install myself eventually , so far used dvd's though , it'd be a lot easier to just use usb, maybe you could conjure up a yaboot config entry to make it easier later though |
| 23:40.24 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: thanks a lot for your help, I think your instructions will take me thru right way |
| 23:40.30 | bikerr | will go netbsd if i cannot get the radeon to work soon |
| 23:40.38 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: I don´t get that about conjure |
| 23:40.54 | bikerr | concoct then :D |
| 23:41.01 | bikerr | alchemy |
| 23:41.15 | bikerr | np, i think that'll work, if not you'll need to use devalias etc |
| 23:41.35 | jnavarro_ | looks for conjure definition and understands! |
| 23:42.10 | jnavarro_ | bikerr: sounds good, thanks a lot! I´ll give a try after Debian installation files have been copied. |
| 23:47.46 | bikerr | ye, i'll spend the rest of the night setting up a linux-4.5 config, some new code in there which might make the radeon work again |
| 23:48.09 | bikerr | the r300 ( ie. ati 9600 ) has been broken for ages |
| 23:48.37 | bikerr | building takes forever so i'll need to leave it over night ... |
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