Hi Richard, Thanks much for the suggestion about the alternate kernel for Sarge. That's a terrific idea and one which I never would have thought to explore without your help!
Best wishes, Brian On Dec 8, 2007 1:38 PM, Richard Atterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 12:49:18PM -0700, Brian Fisk wrote: > > I am trying to see if I can get Debian to run on a Power PC emulator > > (PearPC). I know that the emulator does not support 2.6 kernels, so I > must > > try to find a version with kernel 2.4, which is to say I want Debian > > 2.2potato or eariler. > > Phew, that's pretty tough... > > Some pointers you may not be aware of: > <http://archive.debian.org/dists/> contains the _packages_ of all old > releases, but no CD images. > <http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/> contains CD images starting > with 3.1r0 (sarge). > > I remember that potato was the first version for which I created .jigdo > files, but I don't have them anymore! :-/ > > One possible approach: > < > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/powerpc/release-notes/ch-installing.en.html > > > seems to suggest that while a 2.6 kernel is used by default on PowerPC for > Debian 3.1, a 2.4 kernel may also be available. There are no details, but > I > guess entering some special value at the installer prompt will boot a 2.4 > kernel. > > Maybe ask on [EMAIL PROTECTED], some old-time users there may be able > to > supply old ISO images, or suggestions on how to get your (or some other) > emulator to work... > > Cheers, > > Richard > > -- > __ _ > |_) /| Richard Atterer | GnuPG key: 888354F7 > | \/¯| http://atterer.net | 08A9 7B7D 3D13 3EF2 3D25 D157 79E6 F6DC > 8883 54F7 > ¯ '` ¯ >
