Debian Installer for Wii

Install and Run Linux on Wii
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Debian Installer for Wii

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Installation Guide


Download Installers: FileServe, Hotfile


Download Pre-Installed Images: FileServe, Hotfile
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jrios
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Re: Debian Installer for Wii

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Hello (sorry for my english)
I have download Pre-installed images from FileServe (d4wii_Squeeze.img.bz2)

I have got a Usb pen drive (16GB)

I have got a d4wii_Squeeze.img and I execute md5sum on the img file
md5sum d4wii_Squeeze.img

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f0fd31f0be1b5fa5590e3c1cf6286c0c  d4wii_Squeeze.img
I use dd comand to put the img file in my USB

I execute fdisk comand and these are the results

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Disco /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16001036288 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 1945 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Tamaño de sector (lógico / físico): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Tamaño E/S (mínimo/óptimo): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Identificador de disco: 0x00079499

Disposit. Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id  Sistema
/dev/sdb1               1         131     1052226    6  FAT16
/dev/sdb2             132         473     2747115   83  Linux
/dev/sdb3             474         486      104422+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
I have got a Wii with homebrew channel
I connect a usb in my wii
When I execute HBC, I have a kernel panic and the last message is rebottong in 180 seconds.

Do you have any idea to install debian in my wii?

Best regards
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Re: Debian Installer for Wii

Post by farter »

Sorry for the late reply.

If I understand correctly, you dd'ed the pre-installed img onto a usb flash disk and tried to run Debian from it directly?

Well, you can't do that. Not without some modification anyway. That's because the pre-installed img is from a front SD card installation, and the kernel is set up to find root file system there, not on your USB disk.

You have to manually hex-edit the boot.elf file, change the "root=" argument in kernel commandline parameters to something like "root=/dev/sda2" etc.
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wall
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Re: Debian Installer for Wii

Post by wall »

Hi, I tried to follow your tutorial but the setup can't find the iso file. I've tried on a USB HDD, USB MicroSD reader as well as the front SD slot on the Wii. And another thing different from your tutorial is after selecting the b43 wifi adapter it ask if I want to load something which I can't remember know, I'll try again and report the error(s). BTW, just to be sure, is this files structure correct?
Wii's SD Slot:

root/cube.tar.bz2

root/modules.tar.bz2

root/apps/Debian/boot.elf
icon.png
meta.xml

root/apps/Debian Installer/boot.elf
icon.png
meta.xml

root/bootmii/armboot.bin
bootmii.ini
d.576i(PAL).elf
d-i.576i(PAL).elf
ppcboot.elf
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Re: Debian Installer for Wii

Post by farter »

Hi,

The filesystem structure seems to be ok. Are you using the ISO image bundled with the installer? Put it in the root of your front SD card and retry.
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