[GLLUG] elilo and my shiny new MacBook Pro

[Dan DeSloover]

Yes, you are going about this all wrong.

Last time I did Linux on a Mac, Linux didn't do HFS very well, and frankly it wasn't very good
with Apples's UFS either. You're best bet is to use ext3.

To make an initrd you need the modules for the kernel, and then run:
mkinitrd [name of the initrd to make] [version of the kernel/modules]

If you can get the Dapper Drake live CD to run, why can't you use the Dapper Drake install CD? 
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/dapper/flight-5/

--- Mike Szumlinski <szumlins at mac.com> wrote:

> Alright, so about five minutes after I pulled my new MacBook Pro out  
> of its box, I was already digging for linux solutions for it.  I  
> stumbled across http://www.mactel-linux.org and have been using the  
> info there to attempt to get up and running.  I was able to get the  
> ubuntu/drake LiveCD to boot just fine and it runs quite quickly  
> indeed, but I don't like liveCDs.  I want to install something!
> 
> Using rEFIt, I was able to create an elilo bootloader partition on my  
> internal drive and for all intents and purposes boot linux.  My  
> problem comes in with the fact that I haven't really played with  
> linux much since I was still at MSU...and that was about 4 years ago  
> now.  I stole the kernel from the LiveCD and it starts launching just  
> fine, but I believe that because I stole the initrd.gz from the  
> LiveCD as well, it isn't going to do much save look in the CD drive  
> for a bootable partition once the kernel starts loading.  I'm  
> thinking I'm going to need a custom initrd that boots from my small  
> HFS+ partition (probably through a LiveFS) into a debian or ubuntu  
> installer.  At that point, I'm hoping that the installer will be able  
> to see my larger ext3 partition and swap partition and let me get  
> rolling.
> 
> So now that that is all out of the way, time to get to questions:
> 
> 1)  How the hell do I create a custom initrd with everything I need  
> to launch an installer?
> 2)  How do I create a LiveFS with all the files needed to run the  
> installer?
> 3)  Am I going about this the completely wrong way?
> 4)  My elilo.conf file currently looks like this:
> 
> image=vmlinuz
> 	label=macbook
> 	description="MBP"
> 	initrd=initrd.26
> 	append="video=imacfb:i17 acpi=force libata.atapi_enabled=1 init=/ 
> linuxrc root=/dev/ram0 pcboot=cdrom"
> 
>  From what I can tell,  I'm going to need a new initrd, so that line  
> is easy.  Video, init, and root are also pretty obvious.  I have no  
> clue what the libata.atapi_enabled, acpi and pcboot functions in  
> elilo are doing.  Are they even necessary?
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.  Keep in mind that I can get a  
> networked version of DapperDrake up and running from the LiveCD right  
> now, but so far have been unable to mount any of the internal HD's  
> filesystems while booted from the liveCD (even though parted worked  
> just peachy).
> 
> -Mike
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Thanks,
Dan DeSloover
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