On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:48:55AM +0100, Bertram Bourdrez wrote: > I have some problems booting my beige G3. It currently runs MacOS 9, which > fails to recognise the RealTek 8139 I've put into it (I can't use the > onboard NIC as my hub only understands 100 Mbit). So I tried booting off a > floppy, and failed miserably. Sometimes the boot process just ignores the > floppy, at other times it ejects it. Using OpenFirmware to boot the floppy > results in similar failures. Anyone any idea how to get a network-less G3 > running? > > Bertram > -- > Bertram Bourdrez (bertram at debian dot mbit dot nl) -- ICQ# 32236129
Have you tried re-burning the floppies? You should be using hfs-boot-floppy and root.bin. Otherwise, try BootX. There is a .sit package for BootX in the disks-powerpc/powermac directory in the ftp archive. It will allow you to boot Linux from MacOS. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
