On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 13:43, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 12:10:47PM -0500, Mehul Sanghvi wrote: > > I can run Debian on a 7200/120 _without_ any MacOS partition ? > > Is my understanding correct ? > > > > <eyeing my 7200/120 with a new look> > > > > I don't have a MacOS that works on the 7200, so can I do the install > > without MacOS ? Or do I need MacOS to do the install and then > > I can blow it away ? > > Maybe someone else can answer that -- I started with MacOS, installed > LinuxPPC years ago, then switched to Debian, getting rid of the MacOS > partitions along the way. > > > I would really love to know the steps needed to get my 7200 > > to be a pure Linux system. How much RAM do I need or should > > have on the system ?
I know that 128 MB RAM works acceptably on a 6500/225. It swaps a bit when I run Mozilla and anything much else, but it should make a fine firewall. If you are willing to put up with the foibles of the quik bootloader (see my previous rants on the subject in this mailing list and debian-boot) you should be able to get Debian to install just fine, without having to deal with MacOS in any way, by starting the install from a floppy disk. There should be a set of images for bootable PowerMac floppies here: http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/$DD/powerpc/floppy-2.4/ where $DD is a recent date. Be sure to install quik when time comes in the install process. Enjoy! Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
