Documentation/Platforms/m68k

Linux Booting, installing and running the Mac Quadra 800

Download debian-10.0-m68k-NETINST-1.iso:

Create a hard disk image to install onto:

Extract the installation kernel and initrd from the installation CD: guestfish --add debian-10.0-m68k-NETINST-1.iso --ro --mount /dev/sda:/ <fs> copy-out /install/cdrom/initrd.gz . <fs> copy-out /install/kernels/vmlinux-4.16.0-1-m68k .

Boot from CD image: ./qemu-system-m68k -boot d \ -M q800 -serial none -serial mon:stdio -m 1000M \ -net nic,model=dp83932 -net user \ -append "console=ttyS0 vga=off" \ -kernel vmlinux-4.16.0-1-m68k \ -initrd initrd.gz \ -drive file=m68k-deb10.qcow2,format=qcow2 \ -drive file=debian-10.0-m68k-NETINST-1.iso,format=raw,media=cdrom \ -nographic

Source for network-based installation: http://ftp.ports.debian.org /debian-ports/

Boot from HD image: Extract the kernel and initrd from the hard disk image guestfish --add m68k-deb9.qcow2 --mount /dev/sda2:/ <fs>copy-out /boot/vmlinux-4.16.0-1-m68k . <fs>copy-out /boot/initrd.img-4.16.0-1-m68k .

./qemu-system-m68k -boot c \ -M q800 -serial none -serial mon:stdio -m 1000M \ -net nic,model=dp83932 -net user \ -append "root=/dev/sda2 rw console=ttyS0 console=tty \ -kernel vmlinux-4.16.0-1-m68k \ -initrd initrd.img-4.16.0-1-m68k \ -drive file=m68k-deb10.qcow2,format=qcow2 \ -nographic