On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 02:53:12PM -0400, James Turner wrote:
james@nullstudios.com wrote:
> James Turner wrote: >> Hi, I'm a new archlinux user and new to this mailing list, so >> please >> take it easy on me. I am having a hell of a time getting >> archlinux >> installed on my 12in PowerBook 1.33 GHz. I have followed the >> steps >> under "*Installation on newworld machines" numerous times with >> various >> success. Most recently quickinst seems to stale for no reason >> while >> downloading packages. The one time I managed to get archlinux >> completely installed the kernel would not boot. If anyone has >> more up >> to date instructions or any ideas why the quickinst script >> might be >> stalling please help. Once I get the base system installed I >> can always >> compile my own kernel. I appreciate any help anyone might be >> able to >> offer.* > Except for the devfs vs udev issues, the guide still fully > applies. It > may be that you run into problems if you use the sample > yaboot.conf. > Did you use ofpath to determine your "device" and "partition" > lines? > > You may try the latest snapshot which is here: > > ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/iso/snapshots/ > 2006-06-14_archppc.iso.bz2 > > It still has a few flaws which need to be fixed: > * does not create device nodes for harddrives use instead: > > cd /dev > mknod hda b 3 0 > mknod hda1 b 3 1 > mknod hda2 b 3 2 > mknod hda3 b 3 3 > mknod hdb b 4 1 > > a.s.o > > Cheers, > > Alex > Alex, Thanks for your help. I did manage to get ArchLinux installed just fine last night. I followed the above procedure. I also had to mknod nvram c 10 144, so yaboot would install correctly and I had to run modprobe loop so the kernel would install correctly. I can proudly say I am writing this from ArchLinux on my 12in PowerBook.
Glad to hear you were successful! :D
Just now I uploaded yet another snapshot:
ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/iso/snapshots/ 2006-06-16_archppc.iso.bz2
The hardware detection should work fine plus /dev is now properly filled. What's left is to modify the "graphical" setup script, which I am in the middle of doing right now. So whenever you feel like it try the newer ones too.
Cheers!
Alex
I tried the new iso with out much luck. It detected all my hardware correctly and populated /dev just fine. My problem was trying to run quickinst. Since wget isn't installed I tried the version located in /arch. For whatever reason it was unable to resolve ftp.archlinuxppc.org. I double checked my /etc/resolv.conf and it had the correct nameservers listed. I used dhcpd to configure my network device if that means anything. I tried manually setting it but route is also not installed. Anyone have any ideas?
The latest iso should come with the default quickinst script as in i686, so it uses snarf instead of wget now. I will check what may have produced the problem. Though I'll doubt the iso doesn't have the required symbols in its libc, like it used to on some of the other isos.
Alex
After trying out the iso again, I am able to ping ip's outside my network just fine, but still nothing is resolving. Let me know if there's anything I can run on my machine to better help you find the problem.
You're still running quickinst right? I'll put strace on the next disk to debug it a little more. Can only be something in pacman or snarf. Unfortunatley I won't have much time tonight as I have to prep an art show. :)
Alex
In hopes to better help you out with the debug, here is the procedure I am following with the new iso. dhcpd eth0 mac-fdisk /dev/hda mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda4 mkswap /dev/hda5 mount -t ext3 /dev/hda4 /mnt /arch/quickinst ftp /mnt ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/current/os/ppc Then these errors are outputted: mount: can't find / in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab Downloading pacman... ftp.archlinuxppc.org: Unknown server error error: Download failed And here is my /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 68.87.77.130 Take your time, like I said I was able to get archlinux installed with the previous iso and old walkthrough. If you need any help with anything let me know.