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I guess with the recent server crash, my thread asking about linux (debian) on pegasos1 went missing.
So here I am asking again. Anyone who has installed linux sucessfully on peg1 perhaps can post here and tell me the
secret to how they got linux installed on the peg1.
Installation from either the CDs sven sent me (and the recent netinstall iso downloaded from his site) seem to go fine, what I get stuck on is copying the kernel from the installed partition to the FFS partition where the other boot.img's reside.
The readme for the pegasos1 states that during the installation to drop to a shell by pressing alt-f2, type in some commands to make an FFS partition then type this..
# mkdir /boot
# mount -t affs /dev/ide/host0/target0/lun0/part1 /boot
# cp /target/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-powerpc /boot
# umount /boot
For whatever reason, this never works and I get errors such as 'file or directory not found'.
Its a shame that a utility or script to copy the kernel from the install to the FFS partition wasn't included.
The OF in the peg1 seems to be only able to recognise FFS partitions, although I've seen mention of it possibly being able to read FAT partitions.
When you have eliminated all which is impossible,
then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth!!! - Sherlock Holmes