On Montag, 1. Oktober 2001 01:22 Ethan Benson wrote: > thats a pain really.. > > best way to do it is copy the root.bin, and linux files to /boot setup > yaboot to boot them (or quik on oldworld). then reboot, the > installation system will be booted, make sure you read the install > docs since if you don't get it bootable right you won't get a second > chance.
Hmm, the powerbook is to old to use yaboot. I use mklinux-booter and hacked on it to get debian running. This is the problem why I had no internet-connection. The Kernel is a nubus-mediabay-patched 2.4.6-pre5 Kernel and ppp works only with the 2.2.19. > the other option is installing the debootstrap package on suse, its > designed to be portable so it should work, just get the .deb and > run the following as root: > > cd / > ar -p debootstrap.deb data.tar.gz | zcat | tar -xv > > starting a chroot from potato's base.tgz is tricky, there are lots of > little details you have to take care of yourself. I don't think that that would be possible on an i386-machine. May I not right, correct me, please! Greetz :-)) Björn -- http://www.bbinternet.de ------------------------------------------------------- -- http://www.bbinternet.de
