On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 08:07:31PM -0400, James Waterhouse wrote: > Hello, > Is anyone currently running debian on a powermac 7200 without using > bootx? That is is there anyone running debian on a powermac 7200, using > the OF and QUIK to boot up? If so can you email me your kernel and
yes a friend of mine is. it seems that only kernel 2.2.14 will boot it however. anything later fails. (YMMV blah blah blah) > modules and everything else I might need to get potato working on my don't have them sorry (not my machine) > mac. I have just been downloading ppc kernels of the web hoping that I > will find one that works but I'm getting no where. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. frankly i would suggest selling the damn thing and getting a newworld box (a used imac or something) nobody is testing kernels on 7200's and nobody other then Dan seems to give a damn whether quik works or not. oldworld macs are a total nightmare for running GNU/Linux. if you really want the high blood pressure, frustration and increased swearing abilities i guess the best place to start is grabbing a miboot boot floppy from debians ftp servers and seeing if it will boot. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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