On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 05:15:01PM -0500, Hank wrote: > > > >You've got linux working on a q840av? > > > yep. > > >Anything specific I should know about > >that? > > > Not really. Just need the more recent fixes for the ethernet mace adapter.
Ok, that is my problem at the moment, I got everything else working. The 128MB went in pretty smoothly, finally I got the system to recognize a 4GB disk, got it partitioned (what a mess), debian installer boots, formats partitions and installs modules, but when I want to configure the network with DHCP or install the basesystem via the network, I do not get a connection. My DHCP server sees the requests, offers an IP, but the Mac never sees it. If I configure it manually, it does not work either. I tried linux 2.2.20 (from the boot-floppies), 2.2.23 (sourceforge), and 2.2.25 (that I built myself recently). What's the trick? Disable TCP/IP in MacOS? How do I do that? I removed lots of software already, but some programs still insist on starting during boot, like "Launcher". Where are they hiding? Or maybe the Asante friendly ethernet AAUI adapter I got on ebay is no good... And how could I install system 7.5.5 (or .3) from scratch on that disk? Preferable without writing 20 flopies, I guess I'd have to do that from a Mac. I tried to copy it from an MO where I have a working 7.5.3 without all that crap that came on the used disk, but the Mac didn't want to boot from it. Maybe now that it boots I could try that again by connecting the disk to the PC and copying over the system folder, but will it still boot after that? Christian
