Don't know. My 6500 is a PCI machine. I only have 32 MB RAM, though. Allan
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > So if it prompts me for nothing after I try to boot from the .img file, that > means something like I don't have enough memory to complete the installation > i'm guessing > > I'm using a 7100/80 with NuBus. I think it has 24MB. is there an even more > scaled-down kernel I can use? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Philip Larkin Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:01 AM > Subject: Re: installing woody on PowerMac 6500 w/3c905 PCI NIC > > > > I made the disks using rawrite on on a WinXP machine. Worked fine for me. > > > > Allan > > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > > > > > do I have to make the image from a mac computer? > > > I made the image from my PC running W2K and when I boot my PPC 7100 with > the > > > disk, the linuxppc logo came up, it loaded the disk, and then just froze > > > there. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Philip Larkin Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:48 AM > > > Subject: Re: installing woody on PowerMac 6500 w/3c905 PCI NIC > > > > > > > > > > They are on most mirror sites, I imagine. The ones I used I got from > our > > > > site: > > > > > > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.23-200 > > > 2-05-21/powermac/images-1.44/ > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > > > > > > > > > Where did you get the floppy disk images? > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "Philip Larkin Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:57 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: installing woody on PowerMac 6500 w/3c905 PCI NIC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > How much memory do you have > > > > > > > > > > > > 32MB. I am considering an upgrade but I'll see how it does. > > > > > > > > > > > > > how did you get linux on a 6500 > > > > > > > I'm trying on a 7100/80 with no success > > > > > > > > > > > > I installed from the floppy disk images. The NIC problem was > actually > > > was > > > > > > not a problem after all. This card is supported by the install > kernel > > > I > > > > > > was just confused when I did not see it in the module list. It is > > > going > > > > > > OK so far. It is currently downloading the packages from our > local > > > mirror > > > > > > -- so it's complete yet my any means. > > > > > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer > > > > -- "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer
