On (26/11/04 22:39), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > reassign #283142 debian-installer > thanks > > Ce jour Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Clive Menzies a dit: > > > Package: quik > > > > Version unknown - from sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso rc2 > > > > Apologies for the lack of the exact message but during the install, when > > installing quik I got a red screen saying "Failed to symlink to valid > > kernel ..... symlink /vmlinuz or /bootvmlinuz isn't linked to a valid > > kernel" > > um, that's not quik's fault, that's the installer's fault. there is no > vmlinuz on ppc, only vmlinux. i'm going to reassign this bug the > installer folks. the installer runs sysklogd; see the more informative > info on VT 3 and VT 4 (VT 2 is a shell you can use). i had to do all > that quik installation manually for a separate /boot partition. Oops - apologies. I've also been testing the i386 version of the installer and may have imagined I saw "vmlinuz" and unfortunately I didn't have time to repeat the process to make sure.
> > > Upshot - quik fails to install. > > > > This is on a beige G3 266Mz - I've never been able to get quik working > > on this box. Reverting to BootX > > http://simonraven.nuit.ca/macppc/models.shtml, > http://wiki.kisikew.org/bin/view/Know/MacModels (same page, latter > slightly newer, though some of the links might still need editing) > should tell you about the beige G3s, and their extreme pickiness with > quik. that's an OF issue, that i don't know if we can get around in s/w > (quik) or not. I came across these pages just now - very useful thanks. I'm giving the G3 away and I've a number of other projects on the go and so I think I'll have to let this one go. The new owner will have to rely on BootX. > > PS for the d-i folks: there's a bug you can close, or at least take a look > at, and > that's #252426. sven luther has some working boot floppies, the default > ones still need to be tested on more machines i think. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
