I used the latest from openrock.net/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.8-2000-03-08/powermac as of 3/17/00 around 10pm PDT. They are dated 3/8. I may have tried the same tree from ftp.us.debian.org too (one of the IPs)... don't remember.
Brian Macy Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > And what are you using for install disks? The ones in the archive as > of a few days ago should work far better than this, and have in fact > been reported to. > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 07:54:24AM -0800, Brian Macy wrote: > > Little note on hardware... I actually wrote this to some friends at 2am > > last night... > > - StarMax 4000 > > - Using IDE drives > > - PS/2 keyboard/mouse (but I tried the ADB stuff when the keymapping > > hosed) > > - Had LinuxPPC 1999 installed before > > - Using BootX > > - Used one of my compiled kernels a few times when I needed to get it > > > > Now that makes me want to go out and kill things. Debian PPC is in Sid > > still for a *very* good reason... it is nearly impossible to install. In > > fact there is *no* way to install it with the install images > > available... I guess I shouldn't say no way because after 7 hours of > > hacking I managed to get a working install. > > > > - the rescue disk image is either corrupted or just don't work... linux > > doesn't think there is a valid FS on it (downloaded it twice just to be > > sure) > > - the install program is broke. It's setup to look for the powermac > > stuff in a "Power" directory when it is supposed to be a "powermac" > > directory. I couldn't get the install to swallow grabbing the stuff > > normally on the rescue disk from a modified http source. I had to burn > > the tree it wanted on CD to get it to swallow it. > > - the install program has some "issues" with figuring out whether or not > > a CD is mounted already... behaves really nasty when it gets screwed up > > (bumps you back to one of several different screens which seems at > > random) > > - the install program is looking for keymap's named *.bmp.gz, the file > > has them called *.bmap.gz, and I think in reality they are supposed to > > be *.kmap.gz... doesn't really matter since it is grabbing the i386 > > keymap which makes the machine unusable if you ever get the thing booted > > off the hard drive (fortunately single user mode is your friend... > > deleting the /root/dbbootstrap_settings and > > /etc/console-tools/default.kmap.gz files takes care of it) > > - the install OS kernel and modules is bogus too... fortunately you can > > get enough stuff without modules to get the machine seeing the net > > > > Fortunately it is now installed and behaving happily... hopefully this > > torture will pay for itself in the long run with upgrades being trivial. > > > > I'm frightened to think what installing Debian on an Alpha is going to > > be like. Makes the Debian i386 installs feel like a nice back massage :) > > > > Brian Macy > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Dan > > /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ > | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | > | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
