I'm attempting install on a Beige G3 desktop with an xrl8 466mhz cpu. It has an IDE drive, a scsi-2 drive, and a ultra2W on a pci controller. I've been trying to use BootX, which cant find the livefilesysytem and then drops me into the Redhat installer which can't find the packages to install. I have this problem with both the downloaded files from ftp.us.debian.org and also from the LinuxPPC 1999 cd I have. Does any of this have to do with the fact that my cd is not scsi? And if so how do I adjust either BootX or whatever to allow the installer to recognize the cd drive (ATAPI)? Thanks for the various replies. Hahn Rossman
Doug Dawson wrote: > At 8:39 AM -0800 2/6/00, Hahn Rossman wrote: > > > I'm having difficulty with the terse instructions for installing the > >ppc port of debian. That I found at > >http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac > >Is there a more detailed set of instructions for the PPC install > >somewhere else?!? > >My specific problem with the above is when attempting to download the > >file 'linux' rather than downloading it I start to open a very large > >page of text which is bin hex(?) or some other thing. I suspect that > >this is a browser problem (I'm using Netscape 4.7 128) but can't seem to > >change the problem. The other files download fine and wait on my HFS > >partition for the final one 'linux'... > >Any help would be most appreciated In particular I would like to find a > >distribution for the PPC on CD, and also a *much* more detailed set of > >instructions. > > What kind of hardware are you installing on? And with what kind of > Internet connection? > > Try downloading the files using Fetch, if you're running Mac OS, as the > vast majority of people installing Debian power-mac would be, methinks. > > There is no CD at the moment ( that I am aware of, ) for installing on > the powerpc platform. So you're probably stuck with the net install. > > Specific instructions would depend on the install hardware, install-OS, > whether you're installing using BootX, ancillary network hardware, etc. > > I'm going thru this same process myself at the moment, so my > instructions would be rather tentative ( and are still not fully tested > by experience, try me in a few days. ) When I get more dogmatic > about them, I may put them up on my home page. > > iDoug ( transitioning from MkLinux to Debian on faster hardware ) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
