Linux => Amiga and Sarge: any hope to booting off CDROMs

[InTheSand]

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 seem to indicate that installation to hard disk is required, so you may be out of luck...

 - Ali

[InTheSand]

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

[InTheSand]

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

[InTheSand]

@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