On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 07:48:50PM -0600, Garry Roseman wrote: > I bought the new official Potato CD set, 2.2r2, and tried installing > Debian ppc on my PowerMac clone, a PowerComputing PowerWave 150 (it's > an Old World PCI Mac, like a 7600). > > First, the CD is not bootable on that computer or on my PowerMac > 7600. Huh? The Linuxppc 2000 CD boots just fine on these computers. > <snort> [Could I make a bootable installation CD on my already > functioning Debian PowerMac 7600? It has a Plextor CD writer and dual > boots Debian Potato 2.2 and MacOS 9.]
As someone explained, you need Toast or another program with a license to the Apple CD drivers to create bootable cds. It's also quite tricky to set up the system folder to do it; it requires messing with miBoot, and I don't recommend it. > Second, the install floppies can't be used for installing. The first > image, the boot floppy, which I created on my functioning Debian > Linux box using dd, does boot the PowerComputing machine and then > asks for the root disk. When I insert the root disk and hit return > nothing happens. There is no response, as if the keyboard is dead. > I tried this with the Apple adb keyboard that is standard equipment > on that computer and also with a Microsoft USB keyboard that is > attached to a USB board on the PCI bus. Of course, I tried making a > new root disk but that doesn't help. I tried disconnecting one or > the other of the keyboards but that doesn't help either. (The > PowerComputing machine had been successfully running Linuxppc 2000 > and both keyboards were working fine with that older kernel.) Well, now, I'm confused. You're not the first person to report this; it's as iff something is completely hosed with that kernel. I tried it on a G4 (dual tower), and the USB support worked just fine. If anyone could shed light on this I'd be quite greatful. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
