Hello list, I have downloaded a stack of stuff recently to convert the 7300 I have from YellowDog to Debian which I prefer and is better IMO.
OK, I downloaded the base-nn.bin and have saved these onto ZIP. I have also downloaded rescue.bin, root.bin, linux, and the floppy-boot-hqz.img file. I have loaded and checked BootX is OK. I also have an NVRAM re-write utility which allows resetting the NVRAM boot-device and boot-file. I also have another debian i386 box which I use to talk to the modem port for the Open Firmware ( 1.05 ). I have the BootX working for the linux kernel but always seem to fail to load a root filesystem on /dev/ram, /dev/fd0, /dev/sdd4 which is the Zip drive from yellow dog even tho it is Mac formatted. Do I need to set some params for initrd ? What are some decent params to write to NVRAM to get this to boot and start the Debian install? Either from the console or from BootX would do. Should I trash the MacOS formatted Zip and make this ext2 and put the install files there? The 7300 doesn't like the zImage from the floppy-boot-hqz.img disk even though it reads it OK. I will try again with beter floppies. Should I copy the zImage from the floppy-boot-hqz.img and use this with BootX. Some small help would be appreciated. Stuart -- Stuart Andrews Unix Administrator FOXBORO Australia Level 2-4, 810 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 Ph: +61 2 8396 3500 (Switch) Ph: +61 2 8396 3723 (Direct) Fx: +61 2 9690 1845
