On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Chris Tillman wrote: >>On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 12:05:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Not interested in saving MacOS; I said that already. >> >>I missed that. >> >>> >>you want with Drive Setup, and leave one partition for the Debian >>> >>installer to chew up later. This is covered in the installation >>> >>manual, though the coverage has been improved in the Woody version >>> >>(see my .sig for that). >>> >>> More on the matter, if you please: the partitioning program >>> would not tell me how to define a swap partition type! I >>> tried 2 different creation methods (I forget now.... "c" >>> and "C"? "CF"?), neither would drop me into a routine >>> whereby I could define a type, yet one of the methods I >>> tried was supposed to offer create and type. After >>> formatting all partitions, the installation declared "you >>> have not defined a swap partition"... >> >>The swap partition is not a different type on PowerPC as it is on >>i386, instead you just name a regular linux partition 'swap' and >>that's what the installer looks for. C will ask for a type, if you >>don't specify it on the line; but for all linux partitions just use c.
I tried that, but with capital S... "Swap". I've a funny feeling I'm going to hear the phrase "Case Sensitive" again, real soon..... >> >>> >>> Second rescue floppy I burned has 3 files: System, Finder, and I >>> >>> forgot its filename - something my MacOS thinks is a text document. >>> >> >>> >>This is correct. But, if you mounted it in MacOS to look at it, >>> >>without its being locked, there's a good chance MacOS wrecked it. It >>> >>happens. The remedy is to re-burn it, and lock it. It should never >>> >>have to be mounted in MacOS anyhow. >>> >>> Never looked at first floppy with MacOS, looked at second >>> floppy *after* boot failed. First and second floppy burns >>> were not locked. Third floppy burn (locked) worked, but I >>> had to return to MacOS to make the root floppy! Sorry, I >>> tried to read everything first, but I can't always remember >>> everything perfectly! Then the partitioning issue above. >> >>I can sympathize. It took me a month the first time, being a complete >>Linux/Unix virgin. Sounds like the Macintosh "Blessing the system folder" trick is taking a new twist... >> >>> >>> Anyway, on the rescue floppy, System file is tiny.... as in a few >>> >>> hundred Kbytes and when doubleclicked (in MacOS 8.1), it is empty. >>> >> >>> >>The floppy is the way to go, try it again. Or, if you want to try >>> >>something different, unpack BootX from the CD's install folder. That >>> >>> OK, that will work even better, since I had to put MacOS 8.1 >>> back onto the drive in order to get DiskCopy and an OS so I >>> could burn the forgotten root floppy - I don't need the >>> floppies after all (LOL)! >> >>Well, yes, but the floppies are really needed as an emergency way to >>boot into your system, even after it's set up, since you're not >>keeping MacOS. Right - I was referring to needing them for the "install" - now that I've made them, I don't need them "for the install" since I am enlightened regarding BootX. But yes, I would retain them for the odd day when I, as newbies do, trash the filesystem. >> >>> >>will let you boot the installer from MacOS directly. There are a few >>> >>pointers in the Woody install manual. >>> >>> As a newbie, I try to NOT associate things from one distro >>> to a different distro.... even Woody to Potato would have >>> been discounted. I learned from Mandrake on x86: things >>> change too much; I can't tell if documents are up to date, >>> and even attaching revisions will not declare that certain >>> Woody portion applies to Potato; nor will I be able to >>> discern if a section is left behind by accident or on >>> purpose... People make documents, people make errors. Me >>> too. >>> >>> So here is my surprise... after all the above transpired, I >>> dropped the first Debian PPC CD into my mandrake box, ran >>> MD5sum and nope - not even close to what I have listed as >>> MD5Sum for the disc. Either the CD is bad (hence boot issue) >>> or I got the wrong MD5Sums from the Debian site (More >>> likely, since so much of the stuff on the CD actually >>> worked). >>> >>> Pause this thread, with a sheepish "oops" from me. >>> And a thanks to you for the assistance. >> >>Next time, it will work. Or, maybe, the next time... >>
