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Installation Instructions for Darwin/ppc (April 29, 2005)
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Supported Hardware
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Darwin/ppc 8.0.1 will install and boot on all PowerPC-based
Macintoshes supported by Mac OS X 10.4.
Some functionality like the PMU and low-level hardware support works
only by using binary drivers distributed by Apple on the installation CD.
At least 128 MB RAM are needed.
Installation Instructions
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0) Get the CD image from http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/
1) The .iso image is gzipped. Use 'gunzip' or StuffIt Expander to
extract the image.
2) Burn the CD image to CD.
If you have an OS X system with a CD burner, you can burn the CD image
using Disk Copy. Select Image->Burn Image from the menu bar.
If you have a OpenDarwin, *BSD or Linux system with a CD burner, you
can burn the CD image using cdrecord. See the cdrecord man page for
information.
3) Boot from the CD image.
Insert the CD image into the CDROM drive, and reboot. Hold down the
'c' key while rebooting to boot off the CD.
When the machine boots off the CD, you will see a screen with a black
background and white text. Much text will scroll by, and you will
eventually be prompted for installation questions.
4) Select the disk to install onto.
When the CD has finished booting, you will be prompted with the
following question:
The following devices are available for installation:
1. <disk id string> @ disk1 (<size>)
Which device would you like to install Darwin onto?
Enter the number (on the far left) of the device you'd like
to install Darwin on.
At this point you can also enter the word "shell" to enter
an emergency shell. This should not be needed for normal
installation.
5) Select the partition to install onto.
After selecting the disk to install into, you must choose a partition.
You will be prompted as follows:
Which partition would you like to install into:
1) /dev/disk1s1 Apple_partition_map Apple
2) /dev/disk1s2 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh
3) /dev/disk1s3 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh
4) /dev/disk1s4 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh
5) /dev/disk1s5 Apple_Patches Patch Partition
6) /dev/disk1s6 Apple_HFS untitled
7) /dev/disk1s7 Apple_HFS untitled 2
Your Choice:
The choices are displayed in the form of
#) <device name> <partition type> <partition name>
You should choose the partition you want to install into.
You should never choose partitions of type other than Apple_HFS unless
you know what you're doing.
6) Do you want the partition erased or not?
The install script will prompt you for whether you want to do a
clean install or not. Answering "yes" will newfs_hfs the partition
and begin installing Darwin.
If you choose "no" here, the partition will not be newfs'd but
the installer will begin extracting files over the top of whatever
is on the disk. Doing a clean install is the recommended method.
7) Wait.
After choosing the partition to install onto, the installer will
automatically create a new filesystem on that partition (HFS, and
it will destroy all existing data on that partition), and install
OpenDarwin onto it. The install script will also run bless to make
the partition bootable.
8) Setting the root password.
The installer is now done installing files on the target filesystem and
prompts for the root password.
9) Further configration.
Now there is the option to do further configuration of the system (like
adding more users) or finishing up.
8) Finishing up.
After installing all the packages onto the partition, the installer
will prompt you to reboot the machine. At this point, if there are
any last minute changes you would like to make, the installer also
provides the option of spawning a shell.
9) Login.
Once your machine has booted OpenDarwin, it waits for your first
login. Login as 'root', with the password set during install.
Known Issues
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* Airport wireless cards are detected, but cannot be configured.
* PowerManagement is not working