Re: Porting to NuBus PowerMacs

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Subject: Re: Porting to NuBus PowerMacs
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:40:11 -0700
CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,Hubert Figuiere <Hubert.Figuiere@solsoft.fr

quoted

I know you guys are only in the early stages with this but I have a 6100 
that I will run anything you come up with on.. I don't have mklinux on it
right now but I could get that on it and be a guinea pig if you need one..

Ron Nelson

================================================================

       ---------------------------
         Rawhide world on MklinuxG06
        ---------------------------

 Let's go "Rawhide world" using the vmlinux+installer like DR3,
    together Nubus users too.

   This vmlinux+installer is useful linuxppc/R5 in linuxppc box,too.
    
   There is <ftp://ppc.linux/pub/users/fukui/Drugstore-in Rawhide
          /Installer-on-MkLinux-G06R5>. 

                                  Kaoru Fukui [off-list ref]
                                  Sun 10 Jan 1999

  ** How to install as MkLinux** 

 1. Download many RedHat/RPMS files from 
             ftp://ftp.linux.org/pub/linuxppc/linuxppc-pre-R5/RedHat/RPMS.
     Not use for linuxppc files.
     (kernel-pmac,kernel-prep,kernel-source,kernel-chrp,pmac-utils,linuxconf
)

     Put RPMS files on ext2.

     Remove filenames for linuxppc in comps,
      or use Installer-on-MkLinuxG06R5/RedHat/base/comps,it's alredy rewrite
.
    Download RedHat/base/hdlist and put it in RedHat/base. 

 2. Download these files from 
       ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/fukui/Drugstore-in-Rawhide/Installer-on-MkLinux-G06R5
/*.
     Add four files from Installer-on-MkLinux-G06R5/RedHat/RPMS/* 
     to Redhat/RPMS installed.
     (clock-mklinux,mklinux-release,mklinux_server,rc.loca-linuxppc)

     Add these filenames in comps,or use My comps.

 3. Uncompress Mac_Files.sit, put in MacOS.
 4. Put mach_servers in MacOs.
 5. Go restart Mac. 

 [note]
   I istalled R5 useing these files on PM6100.
   Then Select custom,Scsi driver is no,Disk Setup,use fdisk,
   Edit Partition is "/",
   Do link for startx function," cd /etc/X11,ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/Xpmac X"

 [Problem]
   The comps has many bugs.Take care.

   Xfree86-3.3.3-10d.ppc.rpm could not nomeal end.
   It,s works fine, but hitkey "ctrl D" to go freeze.
   I used to end "sync,reboot","sync,halt".

   More problem, it's not X_LOCAE, Xemacs doesnot work. 


 Mac_Files.sit have "Mach kernel" from globegate.utm.edu/MkLinux generic 06.
 The other fuiles are same.
 

Installing the Mac OS-side files
================================

There are five files in the "Mac Files" folder.  Copy the two files "MkLinux

Booter" and "Mach Kernel" to your Extensions folder.  Copy the control panel

"MkLinux" to your Control Panels folder.  Copy the two files "lilo.conf" and

"MkLinux.prefs" to your Preferences folder.

The initial boot of MkLinux just runs the installer.  Currently, things are

 Vmlinux+installer was rebuilt using "Mklinux generic 06" and 
   "Linuxppc release 5's installer".

 I got ramdisk.image.gz-RH5-new from Martin's 
      <http://www.maths.univ-rennes1.fr/~costabel/linux/R5/>,
 it's have not /dev/* and not /mnt.
 Installer said "can not mount".
 I fixed that. Thanks Martin. 


Enjoy Rawhide on MklinuxG06!

Thanks
Kaoru Fukui [off-list ref]


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