Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide Copyright © 2004 – 2015 the Debian Installer Team
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Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide Copyright © 2004 – 2015 the Debian Installer team This document contains installation instructions for the Debian GNU/Linux 8 system (codename “jessie”), for the PowerPC (“powerpc”) architecture. It also contains pointers to more information and information on how to make the most of your new Debian system. Warning This installation guide is based on an earlier manual written for the old Debian installation system (the “boot- floppies”), and has been updated to document the new Debian installer. However, for powerpc, the manual has not been fully updated and fact checked for the new installer. There may remain parts of the manual that are incomplete or outdated or that still document the boot-floppies installer. A newer version of this manual, pos- sibly better documenting this architecture, may be found on the Internet at the debian-installer home page (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/). You may also be able to find additional translations there. This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Please refer to the license in Appendix F. Table of Contents Installing Debian GNU/Linux 8 For powerpc..................................................................................x 1. Welcome to Debian .........................................................................................................................1 1.1. What is Debian? ...................................................................................................................1 1.2. What is GNU/Linux? ...........................................................................................................2 1.3. What is Debian GNU/Linux?...............................................................................................3 1.4. What is Debian GNU/kFreeBSD? .......................................................................................3 1.5. Getting Debian .....................................................................................................................4 1.6. Getting the Newest Version of This Document....................................................................4 1.7. Organization of This Document...........................................................................................4 1.8. About Copyrights and Software Licenses............................................................................5 2. System Requirements .....................................................................................................................7 2.1. Supported Hardware.............................................................................................................7 2.1.1. Supported Architectures ..........................................................................................7 2.1.2. CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support...................................................................8 2.1.2.1. Kernel Flavours...........................................................................................8 2.1.2.2. Power Macintosh (pmac) subarchitecture...................................................8 2.1.2.3. PReP subarchitecture ................................................................................10 2.1.2.4. CHRP subarchitecture...............................................................................10 2.1.2.5. APUS subarchitecture (unsupported) .......................................................11 2.1.2.6. Nubus PowerMac subarchitecture (unsupported) .....................................11 2.1.2.7. Non-PowerPC Macs..................................................................................11 2.1.3. Multiple Processors ...............................................................................................11 2.1.4. Graphics Hardware Support ..................................................................................12 2.1.5. Network Connectivity Hardware...........................................................................12 2.1.5.1. Wireless Network Cards ...........................................................................12 2.1.6. Braille Displays .....................................................................................................12 2.1.7. Peripherals and Other Hardware ...........................................................................13 2.2. Devices Requiring Firmware .............................................................................................13 2.3. Purchasing Hardware Specifically for GNU/Linux ...........................................................13 2.3.1. Avoid Proprietary or Closed Hardware .................................................................13 2.4. Installation Media ..............................................................................................................14 2.4.1. Floppies .................................................................................................................14 2.4.2. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/BD-ROM ..........................................................................14 2.4.3. Network .................................................................................................................15 2.4.4. Hard Disk...............................................................................................................15 2.4.5. Un*x or GNU system ............................................................................................15 2.4.6. Supported Storage Systems ...................................................................................15 2.5. Memory and Disk Space Requirements.............................................................................15 3. Before Installing Debian GNU/Linux .........................................................................................17 3.1. Overview of the Installation Process..................................................................................17 3.2. Back Up Your Existing Data!.............................................................................................18 3.3. Information You Will Need................................................................................................18 3.3.1. Documentation ......................................................................................................18 3.3.1.1. Installation Manual ...................................................................................18 3.3.1.2. Hardware documentation..........................................................................18 3.3.2. Finding Sources of Hardware Information............................................................19 3.3.3. Hardware Compatibility ........................................................................................19 3.3.3.1. Testing hardware compatibility with a Live-System ................................20 iii 3.3.4. Network Settings ...................................................................................................21 3.4. Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements .....................................................................21 3.5. Pre-Partitioning for Multi-Boot Systems ...........................................................................22 3.5.1. Mac OS X Partitioning ..........................................................................................23 3.6. Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup....................................................23 3.6.1. Invoking OpenFirmware........................................................................................24 3.6.2. How to update bare metal ppc64el firmware.........................................................24 3.6.3. Updating KVM guest firmware (SLOF)................................................................25 3.6.4. Hardware Issues to Watch Out For........................................................................26 4. Obtaining System Installation Media .........................................................................................27 4.1. Official Debian GNU/Linux CD/DVD-ROM Sets.............................................................27 4.2. Downloading Files from Debian Mirrors...........................................................................27 4.2.1. Where to Find Installation Images ........................................................................27 4.3. Creating Floppies from Disk Images .................................................................................27 4.3.1. Writing Disk Images From a Linux or Unix System ............................................28 4.3.2. Writing Disk Images From DOS, Windows, or OS/2 ...........................................28 4.3.3. Writing Disk Images From MacOS.......................................................................28 4.3.3.1. Writing Disk Images with Disk Copy......................................................29 4.3.3.2. Writing Disk Images with suntar.............................................................29 4.4. Preparing Files for Hard Disk Booting ..............................................................................29 4.4.1. Hard Disk Installer Booting for OldWorld Macs ..................................................30 4.4.2. Hard Disk Installer Booting for NewWorld Macs.................................................30 4.5. Preparing Files for TFTP Net Booting...............................................................................31