Installation of Ubuntu

- boot into another Linux system

- download the Ubuntu archive:
wget ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/os-images/ubuntu-6.10/ppc/ubuntu-6.10-ppc-stage1-2007-01-01.tar.bz2
(This is a 500MB file.)

- cp /cdrom/ubuntu-6.10-ppc-stage1-2007-01-01.tar.bz2 /mnt
Copies the file from the CD to the partition.

- cd /mnt
we go there.

- tar jxpf ubuntu-6.10-ppc-stage1-2007-01-01.tar.bz2
This will last for several minutes. It will extract the content of this archive in the current directory.

- edit the file /etc/defaults/console-setup
and change the section starting with
XKBMODEL="pc105" to your keyboard settings.

- reboot
to restart Sam.

- In Uboot, "boot sequence", "Boot arguments for Linux", in the line change only the "sda3" to "sda4".
Exit the menu saving the settings.

- Boot as you did with Crux. Ubuntu will now be loaded.

- While the system is saying what it does, a semi-graphic error will appear on screen giving an error
about Xwindow. Type "right arrow" and "enter" to acknowledge the message.

- When no more messages are displayed (the last one should be Running local boot scripts), press "enter".
The login will appear:
Ubuntu 6.1 sequoia tty1

sequoia login:

- connect with user: "denx", password: 1tux@work
Note that the keymap is US so if you don't have a US keyboard, you have to figure out what you need to type on
your keyboard to produce this password. (in FR, it is: 1 tux shift+2 zork)

The system will ask you to enter a new password for the denx user.

- At this stage, it's a good idea to change the root password too. Type:
sudo passwd root
Type the password you entered above (for the denx user), then type a new password for "root".


Notes: http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/AN2007_01_InstallUbuntuOnSequoia