On (21/01/05 13:50), Marco Gaiarin wrote: > [i'm not subscribed to this list, so, please, reply also by email] > > I've got a PowerMac 8500/120, and misses the SCSI disk. This is my > first powermac, so i've no system no another mac box to build bootable > macos media. > > But i don't want macos, so i've started to install debian. Hi Marco
Suggest you try the new sarge d-i rc2 - it's 'soon' to be the next stable distribution and works pretty well. It also has heaps more functionality than woody. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ Have fun! Clive > > I've first tried woody, download the first ppc cd, created the boot and > roof floppy from boot-floppy-hfs.img and root.bin files. > Floppy boot, i can see the floppy icon, then the ``tux under mac'' > icon, then the screen goes black. > I can imagine that boot progress: the scsi peripheral are enumerated, > and the boot floppy are ejected so i can insert the root one. > > Looking in install manual i've seen that on: > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch-install-methods.en.html > > but i've not found boot-video-ofonly.img image file; googling a bit > i've found: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2002/11/msg00212.html > > and so seems that only early revision of woody have the ``black > screen'' bug on boot. > But i've just download the boot-floppy-hfs.img from debian official > mirrors and problem persist. > > > So i've tried sarge, i've found boot.img and ofonlyboot.img: i've tried > both but does not boot. Inspecting with hmount/hls seems that they are > hfs formatted with a vmlinuz file within, but there's no system > folder/file, so seems really not bootable. > > The sarge installing manual for this part speek about > boot-floppy-hfs.img images, so seems they are not just updated. -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
