On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 05:05:20PM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote: > Philipp Schulte wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I am thinking about buying an iBook and install Debian potato on it. I > > have searched for some information and found different people > > reporting that it was not possible to install Debian because of some > > problems with the kernel. > > Check the mailing-list archive, and http://hadess.net/files/ppc/ibook/
Thanks :) I did check the ML-archive but I guess I am more confused than I was before. So if you set up yaboot correctly there should be no problem installing from official CDs? > I posted the first version of my installation doc on the ML. My iBook is > soon gonna be back from tech support (I had some problems with the hard > drive) and I'm gonna rewrite this little guide. Did the drive fail? Is it a good drive? See, I worked a long time so I can afford a Laptop and I want everything to work reliable (sound doesn't matter). I had bad luck with a Fujitsu-Lifebook and had to sent it back. > It will be a whole lot easier, due to the fact that I was missing some > knowledge of the yaboot parameters... Sure, I have read about this. > I also hope to be able to provide a 2.4.0 kernel for it in January, as > well as a version of XFree4 for potato. Great. Does that mean you are running woody right now? > > Is this still an issue? I don't care too much about sound of airport > > They both should work, although I haven't tested the airport, some > people have reported success. Even better. Thanks for your reply, Phil
