On 5/15/05, nobut1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am attempting to install Debian 3.1 "Sarge" on my Power Mac 9600 (200 > MHz.) and I keep running into an error during partitioning. ... > The machine is stock, except for the ATI Rage 128 card I installed to > replace the aged ATI Mach 64 video card. The hard drives (including > the one I'm attempting to install onto) are all on the internal SCSI2 > bus (meaning I haven't installed a PCI IDE/ATA card, or faster PCI SCSI > card, etc.) > > I have proceeded with trial and error until I am blue in the face and > have reached the end of my rope. My hope is that some one hear has had > a similar experience and has discovered a solution I have overlooked.
I had a similar experience with very similar machine, but I blamed the PCI IDE card I had installed (VST UltraTek 66 Ultra-ATA). It's interesting to see that you had similar problems using SCSI! In my case, I installed slightly better IDE cables and tried several install combinations, but I found I could not finish the install at all using ext3 -- the system would trash itself as it was installing packages. The install completed if I used ext2, but the operating system would eventually start to trash itself until it completely broke down. It's been a few months since I tried, though I may try again soon. I can't say I've learned much in the interim that might apply -- it seems to be some very low level problem.
