On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 03:10:18PM -0500, sobrien wrote: > hello all. > > i would like to move from linuxppc to debian. can anyone tell me if i > will be able to use my exisiting partitions (i don't see why not) and if > i will still be able to use BootX, or will i have to use yaboot? i
you should not ever use bootx on newworlds such as imacs. always use yaboot. BootX is not supported on these machines. > really want to be able to use apt, i hate redhat's package manager. > > my equipment > RevB iMac 233 > 64M ram > 2 gigs for Mac 8.5 > 2 for debian (right now linuxppc) read http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/mac-fdisk-basics you need to create a Apple_Bootstrap partition to hold yaboot. > i am downloading the .iso now, but the download has failed twice. can > anyone suggest the best mirror? will i be ok with just the first binary > disc? ftp.XX.kernel.org XX being your country code. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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