[arch-ports] [ArchPPC] Help regarding the install procedure

[James Turner]

>>> james at 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.