Hello,

I read an old post about this but am still having problems. I download the Sarge Debian ISO, the one that installs over the internet.

I install the base system then follow instuctions on mounting my AFFS partition to copy kernal to it but get error every time! I also tried using Giggledisk under MOS to mount ext3 but that doesn't work either!!!

A little more info here;

Pegasos 1 with April 2 fix G3 2x512Mb ram
250gig Maxtor IDE / Liteon DVD/RW x20
Radeon 9250

Hard drive is partioned like this;

Name_____Size_____Filesystem
DH0 _____ 201Mb____FFS
DH1 ______1Gb______SFS
DH2 ______10Gb_____SFS
/ _________26Gb_____ext2
noname____ 1Gb______swap

I don't mind formating the whole system if need be.
Also I see in the SCSIConfig under Filesystem that there is a (AFS 0) should I be using that instead of (FFS) for my boot partition?

Thanks,

_-=ZXoney=-_

I'm also looking forward to up to date instructions as to how to install a Debian on a Peg 1 :) Followed old ones, got plenty of issues with kernel versions / X versions etc.

[ Edited by mahen on 2007/8/2 10:08 ]

I don't remember the exact procedure, but there are good instructions in the Pegasos Book. Try checking that out and see if it helps.

Hi,
try to reduce your ram to 256 mb !

Well, I did follow the guide, but it's out-of-date as far as the Peg1 Linux installation is concerned, it seems.

The installation went fine until the first reboot. Then, the problem is that the debian repositories implied a kernel switch, but this went wrong. I don't recall the exact issues (did that a couple of weeks ago), I can try again to be more accurate :)

I guess I have to force the use of old repositories, but then I wonder if my radeon 9250 will be supported.

Thanks for your replies :)

iirc, to get Linux (and X11) working properly on Pegasos 1, you need to manually disable DRI from /etc/X11/xorg.conf

That's where my installation failed long ago.

The distupgrade from sarge to etch is a bit problematic on Pegasos1.
You could change the /etc/apt/sources to sarge.
Then you have at least a working system and you can try to upgrade later on and compile the kernel yourself.
If your Peg1 does not have a MAC address like mine, then a bit more work is neccessary.

So is there any tested and working version of any Linux for Pegasos 1? I got various distros on my Peg2 but my Peg1 remains only with MorphOS 2.4 and 1.4.5 wish I got the chance to try a Linux on this machine. Have tried the same Debian, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE distros I am using on Peg2 but with no success even on the booting of the install software.

Any updates or instructions? Thanks in advance!