Anyone know a linux distro that works on pegasos and can be installed from internet as i have no
cd burner ?

Debian can do that

great :)

Is there some installer image available, and its
url ?, because i cant seem to find it.
On genesi's website, i get redirected to linux.pegasosppc.com and redirects me again to
pegasosppc.com, so im stuck in a loop.

http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/powerpc/rc2/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso

Gunne

Gunne:
That is an iso-file. It has to be burnt on a CD to be used.

Ok,

If you just want a single file to perhaps download to your harddrive to boot, and not a cd image you can use this instead then:

http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-powerpc/rc2/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd

Btw, for trying make it even more clearer , just boot the file from the firmwareprompt after downloaded.

If you are looking for more files or info I can recommend www.debian.org

Gunne

[ Edited by gunne on 2005/1/16 16:03 ]

thanx :) I have now completed the base install and it wants me to boot my debian system, but i have no kernel image on my boot partition. When the installer was completed, there was several lines listed for making openfirmware autoboot (setenv lines) and this manual line boot hd0:1 boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-powerpc root=/dev/hdb2 but entering it i get "unsupported filesystem" is there somewhere i can download this vmlinuz-2.6.8-powerpc image ? [ Edited by catohagen on 2005/1/16 18:00 ]

Well, it might have been installed in /boot in the rootpartition you created perhaps ?

But as I cant see your system, it should also be possible to boot using the install kernel, using the noinitrd argument.

Then you can get all kernels you want using apt-get.

Couldn't find where the kernel is on debian.org right now. Maybe it is not available as just a single file there.

You can also find kernels on Sven Luthers site here perhaps:

http://people.debian.org/~luther/vmlinuz-2.6.7-powerpc

http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.6.8-1/

Perhaps some help !

Gunne



[ Edited by gunne on 2005/1/16 18:35 ]

>Well, it might have been installed in /boot in the rootpartition you created perhaps ?

yes, but seems OF cant read the disk, i get unsupported filesystem.
I ran the installer again and selected ext2 as filesystem this time, but still get the same error.

With supplying noinitrd to the boot line, i get kernel panic and some message about selecting a root
even if i wrote root=/dev/hdb2.

Booting with the vmlinuz-2.6.7-powerpc you posted, i can boot the system :)
but it says im not connected to a network and starts asking me about modem and serial stuff to connect to my isp,
so i cant contuinue to install from my base system.

so im stuck in a shell..


[ Edited by catohagen on 2005/1/16 19:10 ]

Is it a Pegasos II you are using ?

There is an firmware update available at www.bplan-gmbh.de if you haven't updated to that ?

It should be possible to read both ext2 and ext3 filesystem from the firmware. I have no problem doing that here.

Edit:

I see you have written more now. I was wrong about the noinitrd argument, it seems they have changed the kernel, it was long time since ago I used that argument now. IDE-support is loaded as modules now it seems.

You should update the firmware if you haven't, then you can read the ext2/ext3 partitions. You can contact me if you want.

Gunne

[ Edited by gunne on 2005/1/16 20:10 ]

Hello,

Catohagen, until BPlan releases a new version of the firmware the linux kernel must be copied into an amiga fastfilesystem partition. Let the others correct me if i am wrong.

A question about linux : is it possible with a dsl connection to boot on the fly from an internet source/location at the firmware prompt and install linux on the fly again from this internet source/location onto the hard disk after having prepared its partitions ?

Brumiga

[ Edited by Brumiga on 2005/1/16 19:58 ]

[ Edited by Brumiga on 2005/1/16 20:02 ]

Brumiga

Yes, it is if you have a TFTP-server.

Edit:

Btw, we have complete diskless system here and without graphicsboard and without keyboard.

It loads the kernel from TFTP, mount and load a nfs filesystem through nfsroot (it have to be compiled into the kenel). The system was created with debootstrap, and yes a debian system.

If you come to PUSH, we can show you this and many other things as well.

Sign up for PUSH

Gunne

[ Edited by gunne on 2005/1/16 20:32 ]

i think i have the latest firmware, i have a pegasosII, but i'll reboot and check what version
of firmware i have.


firmware is v1.1 (20040224115426)

[ Edited by catohagen on 2005/1/16 22:19 ]

Good evening again,

Catohagen, the latest version of the firmware was released by BPlan in 5 April 2004. About the version i have not verified it but maybe yours is older.

Otherwise, can anybody confirm or not that the kernel files, for MorphOs or Linux distributions, must be be located in an amiga fastfilesystem partition please ?

Brumiga

With the latest official firmware for the Pegasos II you can boot from (at least) FFS, ext2 and ext3.

You both should update the firmware with this one found here:

up050404

That is on Pegasos II. Follow the instructions.

Then you will be able to read info on partitions in ext2/ext3 format from the firmware prompt.

Write down your earlier bootvariables before updating if you dont have them in mind, as they will reset to default.

Dont reset the machine during the update process.

Gunne

ok, i updated the firmware and it seems to
work now....:)

thanx for all the help.

Great

Gunne