Re: LinuxAPUS on a Power Flyer?

[John L. <lor...@uk...>]

Hi there

On 08-Feb-02, m_t...@nt... wrote:


> When I last tried LinusAPUS (during the AmigaActive
> articles), it did'nt look like it was possible to boot
> from an HD on an A1200 Power Flyer interface. I don't
> have any other HD's on the internal IDE or on my SCSI.
> So, has anything now changed to allow me to boot up
> LinuxAPUS? If so, can you provide details please.

I use a Power Flyer and use Debian, all I can access is the first HD and CD
Writer on the first port.

Cant use the second port though, if Elbox would release some helpful info we
might have all ports available.

Just turn the miggy off for 30 secs or so to make sure that nothing stays in
memory from the software, then you can boot with no startup-sequence and run
the commands or a script to start linux from a FFS partition. This will then
enable you to install and configure what you want.

My commands for the 2.4.4 kernel is below,

For initial install:

cd os2linux:2.4.4/
bootstrap --apus -k vmapus-2.4.4 -r root.bin root=/dev/ram
video=pm2fb:mode:1024x768-70 noscsi 60nsram


To add s/w etc:

cd os2linux:2.4.4/
bootstrap --apus -k vmapus-2.4.4 root=/dev/hda2 video=pm2fb:mode:1024x768-70
noscsi 60nsram



Regards
-- 
John

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