> Well this was a side trip for you. The bootstrap partition and yaboot only > work with NewWorld architectures (at least until benh gets his grubbies on > quik ;-) . Yup, that's quite firmly engrained in my brain housing group by now :)
> > There are 2 main choices with your OldWorld: quik and BootX. Others > have also reported problems with quik using OldWorld G3's, so probably > your best bet is to just re-install a minimal MacOS and use BootX, unless > you want to try some more combinations with quik first. > I am going to keep trying with quik, one thing I found on the NetBSD page was that I may need to run SystemDisk to upgrade openfirmware which I have not done, but am getting ready to soon. > If you're going for quik again, here are the essential steps: > > Install Debian GNU/Linux. When you get to the Make Hard Drive Bootable > step, run it. Check what boot-device it set for you with > > nvsetenv > > If it looks OK, reboot. Type Linux if you ever get to the boot: prompt. > > BTW, are you using woody's boot-floppies (3.0.23)? There were many > bugs fixed between potato and woody, even some bugs in quik itself. > If not, it would be well worth the effort to download a couple > floppy images (hfs-boot-floppy and root.bin) and try installing > a system that way. The disks are woody disks, not sure what version I'll take a look and make sure I've got the latest ones... Corey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
