Booting from Hard Disk
&boot-installer-intro-hd.xml;
Booting from AmigaOS
In the Workbench, start the Linux installation
process by double-clicking on the StartInstall icon
in the debian directory.
You may have to press the &enterkey; key twice after the Amiga
installer program has output some debugging information into a window.
After this, the screen will go grey, there will be a few seconds'
delay. Next, a black screen with white text should come up, displaying
all kinds of kernel debugging information. These messages may scroll
by too fast for you to read, but that's OK. After a couple of
seconds, the installation program should start automatically, so you
can continue down at .
Booting from Atari TOS
At the GEM desktop, start the Linux installation process by
double-clicking on the bootstra.prg icon in the
debian directory and clicking
Ok at the program options dialog box.
You may have to press the &enterkey; key after the Atari
bootstrap program has output some debugging information into a
window. After this, the screen will go grey, there will be a few
seconds' delay. Next, a black screen with white text should come up,
displaying all kinds of kernel debugging information. These messages
may scroll by too fast for you to read, but that's OK. After a couple
of seconds, the installation program should start automatically, so
you can continue below at .
Booting from 68k MacOS
At the MacOS desktop, start the Linux installation process by
double-clicking on the Penguin Prefs icon in
the debian directory. The
Penguin booter will start up. Go to the
Settings item in the
File menu, click the
Kernel tab. Select the kernel
(linux.bin) and ramdisk
(root.bin) images in the
debian directory by clicking on the corresponding
buttons in the upper right corner, and navigating the file select
dialogs to locate the files. Close the Settings
dialog, save the settings and start the bootstrap using the
Boot Now item in the
File menu.
The Penguin booter will output some debugging
information into a window. After this, the screen will go grey, there
will be a few seconds' delay. Next, a black screen with white text
should come up, displaying all kinds of kernel debugging
information. These messages may scroll by too fast for you to read,
but that's OK. After a couple of seconds, the installation program
should start automatically, so you can continue below at
.
Booting from a CD-ROM
&boot-installer-intro-cd.xml;
Currently, the only &arch-title; subarchitecture that
supports CD-ROM booting is the BVME6000. The easiest route In that
case will be to use a
set of Debian CDs.
Simply insert your CD, reboot, and proceed to the next chapter.
Booting with TFTP
&boot-installer-intro-net.xml;
After booting the VMEbus systems you will be presented with the LILO
Boot: prompt. At that prompt enter one of the
following to boot Linux and begin installation proper of the Debian
software using vt102 terminal emulation:
type i6000 &enterkey; to install a BVME4000/6000
type i162 &enterkey; to install an MVME162
type i167 &enterkey; to install an MVME166/167
You may additionally append the string
TERM=vt100 to use vt100 terminal emulation,
e.g., i6000 TERM=vt100 &enterkey;.
Booting from Floppies
For most m68k architectures, booting from a local filesystem is the
recommended method.
Booting from the boot floppy is supported only for Atari and VME
(with a SCSI floppy drive on VME) at this time.
Macintosh Limitations
In the case of Macintosh, you must retain the original Mac system and
boot from it. It is essential that, when booting
MacOS in preparation for booting the Penguin linux loader, you must
hold the shift key down to prevent extensions from
loading. If you
don't use MacOS except for loading linux, you can accomplish the same
thing by removing all extensions and control panels from the Mac's
System Folder. Otherwise extensions may be left running and cause
random problems with the running linux kernel.
Penguin Boot Parameters
In the Penguin boot program, choose File ->
Settings..., then switch to the
Options tab. Boot parameters may be typed in to
the text entry area. If you will always want to use these settings,
select File -> Save Settings as
Default.