On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:42:51 -0700 Mauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think what you're looking for to install debian onto an old world > without MacOS is quick or miboot. > I hear they are real buggers to install and one of them can screw your > system up rendering even your mother board useless.
this is FUD. Quik may be a bit tricky to configure correctly, especially on beige G3s, but your motherboard is safe. > Thus this is why a lot of people opt to install MacOS. I know that > classic installs can be realy small, less than 5 gig while OS X has a > min of 5 (something like that). If I remember clasic can install onto > 1. 150 Megs should be more than enough for an OS8 install with BootX, if you don't want to go through the trouble configuring quik. Anyway, several people succeeded in booting a G3 with quik -- you might want to check the list archives for some successful reports. > Because it's very dependent on Open Firmware, and because the Open > Firmware on Old World Macintosh is very buggy and difficult to work > with, much of the information on this page describes how to work > around firmware problems."http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/quik/ This is indeed a good link to start Simon -- Simon Vallet Due to massive spam, the address shown in the From: header only accepts mail from Debian hosts. If you wish to mail me privately, just use the 'user' local part. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
