Another newbie question

[Kulwant B. <kul...@bt...>]

Hello all,

I am a total Linux newbie. I've never seen Linux running on any machine let
alone an Amiga so I'm probably at a disadvantage. But that isn't going to
stop me trying. 

I've got a broadband connection so don't mind big downloads. I'd rather not
spend any money (cause I spent it all on my BlizzPPC and BVision) so any
options for doing things on the cheap (i.e. downloading instead of buying)
are preferred. 

My question is kinda obvious for a newbie I guess - 

Is there a idiot's guide to setting up Linux on an Amiga. 

i.e. one that includes:  

1. A list of files I need to download (and where to download them from)

2. Step by Step instructions on what to do with (or how to install) the downloaded files. 

I've got the "PowerPC installation Guide - APUS (Amiga PowerUp System)" by
Sven Luther <lu...@de...> v1.0 24 Feb 2000 (which I guess is a little
old) and I found it incomplete and somewhat lacking. 
e.g. it tells me to use:

# bootstrap --apus -k apus/linux.bin -r apus/images-1.44/root.bin root=/dev/ram

to launch the Debian installer system and then goes onto say: 

     After installation, to launch Debian, use:

          # bootstrap --apus -k apus/linux.bin root=/dev/sda3
 
without saying anything about how to actually carry out the installation!!

I've downloaded all the files I could find under the files link from the ftp
server and uncompressed the lzh files onto my hard disk. The first command locks up my machine (I've tried the kernel options to use
my BVision and nobats) so am not sure what to try next. 

My system is exclusively SCSI (after the 20Gb IDE attached to the Elbox
Flyer went AWOL). In addition to the other SCSI HDs on the system, I have two 4.8Gb Seagate Barracudas attached to the
BlizzardPPC onboard SCSI which unfortunately have a sector size of 4096
bytes instead of the more usual 512. Will this prevent me from using two
partitions from them as
Linux Partitions? I have been unable to find an Amiga tool capable of low
level reformatting them with a 512 byte sector size and don't really want to
buy a PC SCSI card just so that I can borrow someone's PC to reformat them
with the Seagate tool - because I don't know anyone with a SCSI equipped PC. 

Can I actually install Linux onto my system, or do I need to add a cheap IDE
to the onboard IDE port to do it (I currently have my first IDE (a Connor
420Mb) for my A1200 attached to get rid of the boot delay)? 

That's all for now :-)

Many thanks for putting up with my inane questions. 

Kind regards,

Kulwant