Wednesday, March 04, 2009
O-F open firmware cmd-opt ...][
dev /cpus/PowerPC,G4@0d# 867000000 encode-int " clock-frequency" propertyboot cd:,\\:tbxi
Yaboot from Firmware (alt-cmd-o-p) externat CD ...
post COPY from :http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/powerbook-with-broken-internal-cd-rom-504838/
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boot Linux from firewire device on Apple Powerbook
Dear all,Yes, you __can__ boot from a firewire CD
-Drive. I had the same problem recently (broken internal CD on my Powerbook G4 Ti), and here's how I got Kubuntu-Linux installed from a Kubuntu 6.10 PPC Live CD.1.) On the Linux CD you want to install from, check the location of the binary called yaboot. In my case (Kubuntu), this is /install/yaboot. Alternatively, you can look for the "vmlinux"-file - on the Kubuntu-CD, this is /casper/powerpc/vmlinux.2.) Macintoshes do __not__ have a "BIOS". Instead, they have something called "Open Firmware", the main difference being that OF is programmable (have a look in Wikipedia for additional human readable information :-)If your Mac doesn't boot from your Firewire CD, nor does the firewire-drive show up as an icon when you boot with the Option ("alt") key pressed, you have to boot into the Open Firmware. This is done by pressing Command (Clover) + Option (alt) + O + F during boot.3.) You will be greeted by some information about OpenFirmware and a boot prompt.Typedev / lsand a long list with all devices known by OF will be given. Hopefully at the end of the list you will find something similar to:/pci@f4000000/firewire@e/node@00d04b2a1604de5f/sbp-2@c000/disk@0This is the internal address of your firewire drive.4.) Now you're almost done. Typeboot [address]:,[path]where [address] is the address as found in 3. (without line breaks, though), and [path] is the path to yaboot as shown in 1.In my case, this is:boot /pci@f4000000/firewire@e/node@00d04b2a1604de5f/sbp-2@c000/disk@0:,\install\yabootNote the colon and the comma after disk@0, and note that the path has to be given with backslashes!5.) Press enter, and it should boot!Greetings from Vienna, Europe."
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vbmenu_register("postmenu_2533411", true);
LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2006
Location: Vienna, Europe
Distribution: Gentoo, Kubuntu
Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 -->
Thanked: 0
boot Linux from firewire device on Apple Powerbook
Dear all,Yes, you __can__ boot from a firewire CD
-Drive. I had the same problem recently (broken internal CD on my Powerbook G4 Ti), and here's how I got Kubuntu-Linux installed from a Kubuntu 6.10 PPC Live CD.1.) On the Linux CD you want to install from, check the location of the binary called yaboot. In my case (Kubuntu), this is /install/yaboot. Alternatively, you can look for the "vmlinux"-file - on the Kubuntu-CD, this is /casper/powerpc/vmlinux.2.) Macintoshes do __not__ have a "BIOS". Instead, they have something called "Open Firmware", the main difference being that OF is programmable (have a look in Wikipedia for additional human readable information :-)If your Mac doesn't boot from your Firewire CD, nor does the firewire-drive show up as an icon when you boot with the Option ("alt") key pressed, you have to boot into the Open Firmware. This is done by pressing Command (Clover) + Option (alt) + O + F during boot.3.) You will be greeted by some information about OpenFirmware and a boot prompt.Typedev / lsand a long list with all devices known by OF will be given. Hopefully at the end of the list you will find something similar to:/pci@f4000000/firewire@e/node@00d04b2a1604de5f/sbp-2@c000/disk@0This is the internal address of your firewire drive.4.) Now you're almost done. Typeboot [address]:,[path]where [address] is the address as found in 3. (without line breaks, though), and [path] is the path to yaboot as shown in 1.In my case, this is:boot /pci@f4000000/firewire@e/node@00d04b2a1604de5f/sbp-2@c000/disk@0:,\install\yabootNote the colon and the comma after disk@0, and note that the path has to be given with backslashes!5.) Press enter, and it should boot!Greetings from Vienna, Europe."
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