On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 07:48:51PM -0600, Patrick Klee wrote: > Hi, > I am getting Debian PPC, from a guy on the net, but I was wondering how > stable is it? I have an iMac DVSE, and was wondering, before I get it, will
its very stable, though it does depend on the kernel you run. 2.4 has alot of funnies that you won't find very funny. > it work? I have had bad experiences with SuSE 7.0, where when I reboot or > shutdown I get a gray screen, and have to re-install. I want to be able to thats because they don't know how to install a bootloader correctly. > TOTALLY erase MacOS 9.1 with Debian, does this mean I might need the open > firmware update before I get debian? My computer was bought in summer of > 2000. Debian is the dist for you. please read the install docs about how to run mkofboot manually. or try out the woody boot-floppies (these are development still). also read http://penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml it explains how to erase teh disk completly in debian so you can really get rid of MacOS (including all that driver in teh partition table). > I can't wait to install Debian, because I play Netrek on x86, and this way I > could play netrek against a friend, because this person is sending x86 > Debian as well as PPC. :-) you will like it, read the docs and come by #debianppc on OpenProjects. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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