On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 12:38:35AM +0100, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 23:20, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > > > What you want to do is install BootX and put the boot kernel in the Linux > > Kernels folder in the mac os system folder. > > No, I'd rather yaboot or the like if I can get it.
yaboot will most assuredly _NOT_ work on oldworld. BootX is a good way to go; the floppies may be working too, but your display may not be compatible with the video card. > > Isn't it quik or ybin for OldWorld? quik - but that won't help you to install > > Thanks for your extensive and considerate answer, but I am none the > wiser. My first problem is getting the machine to do something, be it > booting a floppy, displaying OF or even Mac OS (as a stepping stone to > further GNU happiness). But for some reason the floppy simply is > ignored, I don't know how to display OF here (and my other machine is an > iBook, so I guess I won't be able to see anything with OF serial > output), and Mac OS doesn't seem to like my IBM 8518-2 PS/2 Color > Display. I think you're correct about the display being the issue. I'm pretty sure this computer was built before the machines were made compatible with regular multisync monitors. You could try a serial install, hook up another computer to the modem port. As a bonus, you'll be able to see OpenFirmware. The speed is probably 38400, not 9600. Be sure to read the install manual at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/install -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To HAVE, GIVE all TO all (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
