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Re: Is it possible to install ANY LinuxOS on a real Amiga?
« on: July 30, 2004, 08:41:14 AM »
At least Debian (doubt that it should be the only one) should be possible to install both as 68K and PPC depending on what CPU you have... special installasion tool for the Amiga is available from debian.org which should indicate that it works. :-)

I can't confirm this though, havent tried it myself... like the AmigaOS too much. :-D

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Re: Is it possible to install ANY LinuxOS on a real Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2004, 09:22:55 AM »
Thought I help you out... here's the Req. for Debian and Install short step-by-step:

Amiga with MMU capabilities.
Minimum 12Mb 32bit ram.
Minimum 300Mb Harddrive (100Mb for Amiga partision, 200 for Linux Boot and Swap partisions)
ECS Graphics (Graphiccard recomended).

1) Create the 100Mb Amiga partision, format it and install AmigaOS into it (don't create linux partisions).
2) Install CDRom or Ethernetcard drivers (so that you can access the Debian install files).
3) Download a gtz unpacking tool (for Amiga).
4) Unpack the Install 2 Amiga 68K (6.2MB) archive onto your Amiga harddrive (it should create it's own directory) and put the Basic Install Package (25.8MB) archive in the same directory (still packed) as the other unpacked files went.
5) Click your way into the dir where you have the linux files, there show all files and doubleclick on AMIBOOT-5.6
6) In the shell that opens type: amiboot-5.6 -d -k linux.bin -r root.bin root=/dev/ram video=amifb:pal nolangchooser
7) The installasion will start, follow it through and it should end with Linux on the harddrive... now Reboot.
8) Now to start linux you need to type: AMIBOOT-5.6 -K LINUX.BIN ROOT=/DEV/HDA2 (where HDA2 is the drive you installed Debian on)
9) Drive 1 should be DOS type 11 (Linux Native) and Drive 2 DOS tyype 12 (Linux Swap).

End Note: If the links don't work (new release out) use ftp.debian.org and use the link URL's to guide you to the files.