Installing SuSE Linux PPC 7.3 in Firewire hard drive
Hi, I want to install SuSE Linux PPC 7.3 in a Firewire hard drive connected to my iBook (Dual USB). My iBook has only OS 9 and OS X. I found an article in the knowledge base at http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_sleep.html The article says I need to modify my /etc/modules.conf and add lines: pre-install ohci1394 modprobe ieee1394 pre-install sdp2 modprobe ohci1394 My question is how I do this when you boot from the installation CD. Booting from CD takes me directly to YaBoot and have no chance to modify the module.conf file. I would appreciate your help. Thanks.
Akiko Ogawa wrote:
Hi,
I want to install SuSE Linux PPC 7.3 in a Firewire hard drive connected to my iBook (Dual USB). My iBook has only OS 9 and OS X. I found an article in the knowledge base at
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_sleep.html
The article says I need to modify my /etc/modules.conf and add lines:
pre-install ohci1394 modprobe ieee1394 pre-install sdp2 modprobe ohci1394
My question is how I do this when you boot from the installation CD. Booting from CD takes me directly to YaBoot and have no chance to modify the module.conf file.
This is just my guess because I haven't tested it. Just make ISO image file from the CD-ROM, modify /etd/module.conf (and possibly some other files), and burn it. You also need a new version of the kernel. Don't forget that FireWire support is still experimental. Also, check: http://jeff.zaius.org/coding/linuxppc1.php3 -- BABA Yoshihiko Tokyo Linux Users Group
Salut, On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 11:41:31PM +0900, BABA, Yoshihiko wrote:
Akiko Ogawa wrote:
Hi,
I want to install SuSE Linux PPC 7.3 in a Firewire hard drive connected to my iBook (Dual USB). My iBook has only OS 9 and OS X. I found an article in the knowledge base at
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_sleep.html
The article says I need to modify my /etc/modules.conf and add lines:
pre-install ohci1394 modprobe ieee1394 pre-install sdp2 modprobe ohci1394
My question is how I do this when you boot from the installation CD. Booting from CD takes me directly to YaBoot and have no chance to modify the module.conf file.
This is just my guess because I haven't tested it. Just make ISO image file from the CD-ROM, modify /etd/module.conf (and possibly some other files), and burn it. You also need a new version of the kernel. Don't forget that FireWire support is still experimental. You will not be able to boot from an external hard drive unless you build your own correct initial ramdisk. Take look at http://www.mail-archive.com/expert@linux-mandrake.com/msg58353.html
If you succeed, please let us know :-) jops, Stoffel. -- Anything that is good and useful is made of chocolate.
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