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I have one ibook G3 12 inch dual usb. After the latest Mac tiger crash just decided to go on Ubuntu. I don't have a cd writer, the usb bootup won't work on the ibook, then the only solution is netboot. (boot from network) There is plenty of guide of this item, but none work correctly.
follow this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/install...ml#tftp-images
There is better guide on the net anyway
1. Set up tftp on Ubuntu:
after doing
apt-get install tftpd-hpa tftp-hpa
you need to open the firewall on port 69 with
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 0/0 -s 0/0 --dport 69 -j ACCEPT
2. set up dhcp server:
sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server
sudo vi /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf
add
allow booting;
allow bootp;
subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
allow bootp;
range 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.200;
next-server 192.168.0.2;
filename "yaboot";
}
(my ipaddress is statically assigned 192.168.0.2)
sudo vi /etc/default/dhcp3-server
add
INTERFACES="eth0"
sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart
go to /var/lib/tftpboot
I don't know if it is necessary, but change owner and group of the directory of your user or nobody
do:
cd /var/lib/tftpboot
sudo lftp -c "mget http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/intrepid/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/*"
Here the problem. The yaboot present on the server won't work, you have to download a working one, and substitute it: (I tryed to open a bug report, but the server is currently down)
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19944818/yaboot
substitute your yaboot.
start the Mac in open firmware:
opt+command+o+f at startup
do:
boot enet:192.168.0.2,yaboot
and then, this time, you can do your slow network installation....
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