> Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I am working on installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 "Potato" - >> Official powerpc Binary-1 CD on a new world G4. As far as I can >> tell, I have the base system installed correctly and used mkofboot >> to configure the booting properly. I am unable to get the system to >> do an initial boot so I can finish the package installation. >> >> It begins booting, and gets as far as finding the USB keyboard and >> mouse and then it just hangs. If I unplug the keyboard and mouse, >> then it gets as far as: Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k init 28k >> prep > > Weird. This seems like a kernel problem. Is it repeatable? If so, > the only thing I can suggest is to try the woody boot-floppies, which > might have a newer kernel... >
AFAIK, woody boot-floppies are still using the same kernel as potato. *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | . oo Chris Tillman | | `- | ( -) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | *----------------"--"--------------------------------------------*
