I tried both of the powerpc images from gluck.debian.org today. Let me know if any of these problems should be bugs.
First I tried the business card iso. I didn't actually burn an iso, since I don't have a burner at home, so let me tell you how I do this in case it's relevant. I create an Apple_HFS partition on my hard disk /dev/hda19 (200 MB) and then: mount -t hfs /dev/hda19 /mnt/cd-fake hformat /mnt/cdfake mount -t hfs -o loop xxx.iso /mnt/iso cp -pR /mnt/iso/* /mnt/cd-fake/ # put the boot files at the root of the partition cp /mnt/cd-fake/install/powermac/* /mnt/cd-fake Then I edit the yaboot.conf to point to hd:19 instead of cd: and remove the paths to vmlinux and root.bin, and boot manually from OF: boot hd:19,yaboot This works to boot, choose language, and detect a keyboard/choose layout. Next I tried to detect CDROM devices and mount the CD. It's not surprising it doesn't work, since I don't actually have a CD in the drive. I tried mounting my partition at /cdrom, but the kernel doesn't have hfs compiled in. I think we need to correct this, powerpc users will always want to be able to access hfs partitions on their drive. I'm assuming we'll be able to install from a hard drive mirror just as we could with boot-floppies, right? If I get a chance to burn a CD at work, I'll try it with a real CD. I tried the netinst iso next, but got about the same results. When I switched to console 2, there was a repeating message: modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-1 That might explain why there weren't any Configure Network items in the menu. I assume you're still the one building these guys, thanks! -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
