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10 years ago
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<b>Install Debian testing on an iBook G4</b>
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Fact one, I still have an iBook G4 and little use to it. Fact two, sometimes I
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still miss my linux desktop. (Mac OS X is not that bad) Combine those two facts
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and we are going to install Debian Testing on an iBook G4.
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<b>Getting the software</b>
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I used the netinstaller from
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http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/
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Burn the debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso to a CD. (I know, it's an old medium)
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<b>Do an installation</b>
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Boot your iBook and insert the CD. Press 'c' and hold while or before
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Apple-Boot-Sound to start from CD. Maybe you have to boot it again if you are too
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slow. He asks you what you want to do. type
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install video=ofonly
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The debian installer doesn't like the iBook's graphic card. Proceed like a normal
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Debian installation, until the disk layout.
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<b>Disk partitioning</b>
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Choose for 'guided partitioning'. Then you will get an reconfigured partitionschema
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which you can change. You will see an extra partition, the 'Apple' type partition.
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Change your disk partition like you want, but keep the first Apple partition!!!
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Otherwise it can't format the drive. I did it my way the first time and had some
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problems formatting my drive. Maybe it's a bug in testing, but I couldn't find the
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Apple type, but it worked using the 'guided partitioning'.
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This is my partition table:
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IDE1 master (hda) - 120.0 GB FUJITSU MHV2120AT
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#1 32.3 kB Apple
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#2 1.0 MB B K boot untitled
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#3 7.0 GB f ext4 untitled /
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#4 3.5 GB f swap swap swap
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#5 109.6 GB f ext4 untitled /home
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If you got the error 'Partition map has no partition map entry' after writing the
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partition table to disk, you forgot to make the first Apple partition.
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Your system will reboot.
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Choose the parts you want to install. I simply only choose to install basics and
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laptop. All the rest I will do by myself.
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Reboot into your new OS. The first thing I noticed was the fan. It sounds like a
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broken fan. After about 5 minutes it scaled down to zero and the noise was gone.
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<b>Console tools</b>
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Just aptitude install gpm. This will install gpm, the mouse interface for the
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console. An USB mouse will work out of the box.
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<b>X</b>
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Installing X is a bit strange in Debian because of the Radeon Mobility 9200. Main
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problem is the framebuffer loaded at boot time. The next can be done by every
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windowmanager, but I prefer KDE. Make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list contains
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besides main, also the contrib and non-free repo's.
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aptitude install xorg
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aptitude install kde-standard
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aptitude install firmware-linux
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Do not reboot now! It will freeze during boot. Add the following into your
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/etc/yaboot.conf:
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image=/boot/vmlinux
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label=Linux
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read-only
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initrd=/boot/initrd.img
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append="video=ofonly video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1"
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image=/boot/vmlinux.old
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label=old
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read-only
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initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
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append="video=ofonly video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1"
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Then run:
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root@thuu:~# ybin -v
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ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda2'...
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ybin: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot onto /dev/hda2...
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ybin: Installing primary bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda2...
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ybin: Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda2...
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ybin: Setting attributes on ofboot...
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ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot...
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ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf...
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ybin: Blessing /dev/hda2 with Holy Penguin Pee...
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ybin: Updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram...
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Now you may reboot. If you accidentally reboot your system before changing
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yaboot and you are stuk at the message:
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conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb
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Give during boot time in the yaboot menu the command:
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boot: Linux video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1
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It will boot again with the right options.
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<b>Wireless</b>
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First, make sure in your /etc/apt/sources.list contains the contrib packages.
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Update your repository and install the package b43-fwcutter. Download the
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firmware for the b43 from
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http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
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Untar the broadcom code and cd into the driver directory
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b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware/ wl_apsta_mimo.o
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And your Wireless is working. (can somebody test this again? Maybe I missed
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something)
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<b>Bluetooth</b>
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Bluetooth is working out of the box. Install btscanner to see it for yourself.
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Config files are in /etc/bluetooth.
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