What made the installer happy for me, was to use the Browse mode to list all
the directories on my Mac hard disk. My folder structure looked like:
HD
/debian
/current
base2.2.tgz
/powermac
drivers.tgz
/images-1.44
root.bin
etc.
The installer allowed me to drill down to the current directory (using the
<...> browse mode), and then it showed "/debian/current" for the path I
believe. I said OK to that, and then it searches that path for the
images-1.44 folder etc. and succeeds in finding it. Finally, it asks if the
path you really want is /instmnt/debian/current, and you can say OK and it
will go ahead and do the install. I didn't have much luck typing the path in
directly, it seemed not to understand, or maybe I just couldn't get the
slashes right.
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>From: michael sean edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
>Subject: Re: File Path Problems/9500 Install
>Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2001, 7:56 AM
>
> on 4/11/01 1:30 AM, Chris Tillman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> You need to make sure the files on your HFS volume are laid out in EXACTLY
>> the same directory structure as the debian archive, from the
>> current/powermac folder on down. Otherwise the installer balks. Then if you
>> don't have the entire structure duplicated from the top level, you can use
>> the Browse fundtion to select the /current mirror on your disk, and then it
>> will allow you to choose again at the second level to find the kernel,
>> drivers.tgz, and floppy images it needs.
>>
>> ----------
>>> From: michael sean edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
>>> Subject: File Path Problems/9500 Install
>>> Date: Tue, Apr 10, 2001, 12:16 PM
>>>
>>
>>> I can't seem to get the right files available to the installer. I am using
>>> BootX and have downloaded files to a Mac HFS partition which I mount but the
>>> installer doesn't like what it sees I guess. I am a complete newbie. Anyone
>>> help me out with this?
>>> Michael Edwards
>>>
>>>
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>
> Thanks for the tip. Let me spell it out a little to make sure I get it. I
> have downloaded the directory from the "/Powermac" folder level, meaning I
> have Powermac/Images-1.44/(contents) on a hfs zip drive.
> When the installer asks for directions to my Debian Archive I enter /current
> mirror/instmnt/powermac ? Is that right?
> Regards
> Michael
>
