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diff --git a/eu/boot-installer/powerpc.xml b/eu/boot-installer/powerpc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 6d001be6f..000000000 --- a/eu/boot-installer/powerpc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 15220 untranslated --> - - <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>Booting from a CD-ROM</title> - -&boot-installer-intro-cd.xml; - -<para> - -Currently, the only &arch-title; subarchitectures that support CD-ROM -booting are PReP and New World PowerMacs. On PowerMacs, hold the -<keycap>c</keycap> key, or else the combination of -<keycap>Command</keycap>, <keycap>Option</keycap>, -<keycap>Shift</keycap>, and <keycap>Delete</keycap> -keys together while booting to boot from the CD-ROM. - -</para><para> - -OldWorld Powermacs will not boot a Debian CD, because OldWorld -computers relied on a MacOSROM CD boot driver to be present on the CD, -and a free-software version of this driver is not available. All -OldWorld systems have floppy drives, so use the floppy drive to launch -the installer, and then point the installer to the CD for the needed -files. - -</para><para> - -If your system doesn't boot directly from CD-ROM, you can still use -the CD-ROM to install the system. On NewWorlds, you can also use an -OpenFirmware command to boot from the CD-ROM manually. Follow the -instructions in <xref linkend="boot-newworld"/> for booting from -the hard disk, except use the path to <command>yaboot</command> on the -CD at the OF prompt, such as - -<informalexample><screen> - -0 > boot cd:,\install\yaboot - -</screen></informalexample> -</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 arch="powerpc" id="install-drive"> - <title>Booting from Hard Disk</title> - -&boot-installer-intro-hd.xml; - - <sect3><title>Booting CHRP from OpenFirmware</title> - -<para> - - <emphasis>Not yet written.</emphasis> - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3><title>Booting OldWorld PowerMacs from MacOS</title> -<para> - -If you set up BootX in <xref linkend="files-oldworld"/>, you can -use it to boot into the installation system. Double click the -<guiicon>BootX</guiicon> application icon. Click on the -<guibutton>Options</guibutton> button and select <guilabel>Use -Specified RAM Disk</guilabel>. This will give you the -chance to select the <filename>ramdisk.image.gz</filename> file. You -may need to select the <guilabel>No Video Driver</guilabel> checkbox, -depending on your hardware. Then click the -<guibutton>Linux</guibutton> button to shut down MacOS and launch the -installer. - -</para> - </sect3> - - - <sect3 id="boot-newworld"> - <title>Booting NewWorld Macs from OpenFirmware</title> -<para> - -You will have already placed the <filename>linux.bin, yaboot, -yaboot.conf</filename>, and <filename>root.bin</filename> files at the -root level of your HFS partition in <xref linkend="files-newworld"/>. -Restart the computer, and immediately (during the chime) hold down the -<keycap>Option</keycap>, <keycap>Command (cloverleaf/Apple)</keycap>, -<keycap>o</keycap>, and <keycap>f</keycap> keys all together. After -a few seconds you will be presented with the Open Firmware prompt. -At the prompt, type - -<informalexample><screen> - -0 > boot hd:<replaceable>x</replaceable>,yaboot - -</screen></informalexample> - -replacing <replaceable>x</replaceable> with the partition number of -the HFS partition where the -kernel and yaboot files were placed, followed by a &enterkey;. On some -machines, you may need to use <userinput>ide0:</userinput> instead of -<userinput>hd:</userinput>. In a few more seconds you will see a -yaboot prompt - -<informalexample><screen> - -boot: - -</screen></informalexample> - -At yaboot's <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt, type either -<userinput>install</userinput> or <userinput>install-safe</userinput> -followed by a &enterkey;. The `safe' option uses the -<userinput>video=ofonly</userinput> argument for maximum -compatibility; you can try it if <userinput>install</userinput> -doesn't work. The Debian installation program should start. - -</para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2 arch="powerpc" id="boot-tftp"><title>Booting with TFTP</title> - -&boot-installer-intro-net.xml; - -<para> - -Currently, PReP and New World PowerMac systems support netbooting. - -</para><para> - -On machines with Open Firmware, such as NewWorld Power Macs, enter the -boot monitor (see <xref linkend="invoking-openfirmware"/>) and -use the command <command>boot enet:0</command>. PReP and CHRP boxes -may have different ways of addressing the network. On a PReP machine, -you should try -<userinput>boot <replaceable>server_ipaddr</replaceable>,<replaceable>file</replaceable>,<replaceable>client_ipaddr</replaceable></userinput>. - -</para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 arch="powerpc"> - <title>Booting from Floppies</title> -<para> - -Booting from floppies is supported for &arch-title;, although it is -generally only applicable for OldWorld systems. NewWorld systems are -not equipped with floppy drives, and attached USB floppy drives are -not supported for booting. - -</para><para> - -You will have already downloaded the floppy images you needed and -created floppies from the images in <xref linkend="create-floppy"/>. - -</para><para> - -To boot from the <filename>boot-floppy-hfs.img</filename> floppy, -place it in floppy drive after shutting the system down, and before -pressing the power-on button. - -</para><note><para> -For those not familiar with Macintosh -floppy operations: a floppy placed in the machine prior to boot will -be the first priority for the system to boot from. A floppy without a -valid boot system will be ejected, and the machine will then check for -bootable hard disk partitions. - -</para></note><para> - -After booting, the <filename>root.bin</filename> floppy is -requested. Insert the root floppy and press &enterkey;. The installer -program is automatically launched after the root system has been -loaded into memory. - -</para> - </sect2> - - - <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>PowerPC Boot Parameters</title> -<para> - -Many older Apple monitors used a 640x480 67Hz mode. If your video -appears skewed on an older Apple monitor, try appending the boot -argument <userinput>video=atyfb:vmode:6</userinput> , which will -select that mode for most Mach64 and Rage video hardware. For Rage 128 -hardware, this changes to -<userinput>video=aty128fb:vmode:6</userinput> . - -</para> - </sect2> |