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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: Sarek3 on October 13, 2005, 10:28:10 PM
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:31:38 +0200
From: Emiliano
To: debian-68k@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Amiga and Sarge: any hope to booting off CDROMs
Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 02:29:50 -0500 (CDT)
Resent-From: debian-68k@lists.debian.org
Alle 03:13, mercoledì 12 ottobre 2005, Gayle Lee Fairless ha scritto:
>> I ordered sarge for 68k from Abexia and wondered how to boot my Amiga
>> 2000HD off them and possibly install it on a spare SCSI drive. I'm having
>> trouble booting off my boot hard drive and hoped to boot the Amiga with
>> 3.1 floppies and then get the sarge CDROM to boot. I get the impression
>> that this is a bit more involved than just installing woody on a Gateway
>> 500. (I have woody CDROM's for that arch so obviously I can't use them.)
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>> Is this a total pipedream? Or can I actually do something?
AFAIK the Amiga cannot directly boot off the CD-Rom (it was just a matter of
time then, maybe OS 3.2 would have had that possibility...).
You'll have to make a minimal workbench disk and put the cd-rom fs and device
driver on it. Then you can launch the install process via cd.
If you need gfx-board boot/install, you'd better make a small Amiga partition
on the SCSI and install a workbench on it with cd-rom drivers and gfx-board
libraries.
Regards,
Emiliano
Since my boot Hard drive is perhap defunct, where can I find a floppy to boot the Amiga and run an installation of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)?
I have OS 3.1 floppies on which I can boot.
:-?
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Hi,
Does your A2000 have more than one drive? E.g. do you have Linux already installed on a different hard drive?
Or are you still trying run Linux from the CD? Is the Amiga's Debian distribution designed to run off CD or does it require installation on a hard drive?
I have a really ancient (1996!) version of Linux on my A1200 and in order to get this running, I have to boot the Amiga normally and run a small AmigaOS-based kernel loader program that then starts Linux up. Unfortunately, my A1200 is in storage at the moment and I can't remember the program's name...
Some Debian installation instructions I found here (http://www.linux-m68k.org/debian-amiga.html) seem to indicate that installation to hard disk is required, so you may be out of luck...
- Ali
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I have more than one hard drive. The boot drive can possibly be replaced since I just recently ordered a 733 MB drive from Softhut. It's just a matter of getting the Amiga box open, I
hope.
:nervous:
I'll look at that page you referenced and see what I can do. :crazy:
InTheSand wrote:
Hi,
Does your A2000 have more than one drive? E.g. do you have Linux already installed on a different hard drive?
Or are you still trying run Linux from the CD? Is the Amiga's Debian distribution designed to run off CD or does it require installation on a hard drive?
I think it requires installation on the hard drive. I don't
know of anything that would run like Knoppix on the Amiga.
Some Debian installation instructions I found here (http://www.linux-m68k.org/debian-amiga.html) seem to indicate that installation to hard disk is required, so you may be out of luck...
- Ali
:cry:
From the page:
These are the files you need:
- amiga/amigainstall.lha
- common/base2_1.tgz
Alternatively, get the official Debian/68k 2.1 CD set. The LZH archive
and base2_1.tgz are in /install/.
I guess I need to look at the contents of the CDROM that I ordered from Abexia.
:hammer:
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Good luck, and let everyone know how you get on!
I'd be interested in replacing my A1200's ancient Linux with something more modern!
- Ali
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InTheSand wrote:
Good luck, and let everyone know how you get on!
I'd be interested in replacing my A1200's ancient Linux with something more modern!
- Ali
I wish I could loan you my CDROM's, but it's rather damp walk!
:-P
I finally got a few replies on the m68k Debian mailing list.
Now I have to get my wits together and try out some of this stuff. :insane:
It's going to take me a while since I have other irons
in the fire. :hammer:
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Heh! Soggy Amigas are no good! :-)
Hmmm... I've just seen the size of the distro... don't think I'll be downloading that over dialup any time soon!
How many of the CDs are required to get a basic Amiga Linux setup going?
- Ali
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I got a distro of M68k debian/woody a while back - AFAIK it only takes the first CD to get to the command prompt (takes HOURS to install), the other 5 CDs are all modules.
If you're on PPC then there is an Redhat/APUS distro which installs much faster and easier, and runs straight from your PPC. I installed it from AmigaFormat disk 40 with a redhat installer & enough modules to get X-windows running all on one CD.
Doesn't help if you can't get to WB though... :-(
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@Boot_WB:
I'm 68K only, so I guess it'll be the long installation for me!
@Sarek3 or anyone else with a Debian Sarge m68k set of CDs:
Since Debian can be freely copied under the terms of the GPL, would any kind soul be prepared to copy and mail the required discs to me in NZ if I PayPal you the postage and blank disc cost?
- Ali
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Uh...
CD32 boots off of CDROM...
I don't see why you couldn't create your own bootable OS boot on that that system and have an SX-1 to give you a harddrive when you need storage.
If all you want to do is claim that you can boot to OS3.1 from CDROM that is.