On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 08:30:31PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All, > > I have been trying to install debian on my beige g3 minitower (g3-400, 512 > Mb Ram, 18 Gig SCSI HD, DVD-ROM) and have been painfully unsuccesful. > > I had already lost my previous OS 9.2 because of an unsuccesful attempt at > putting on YellowDog Linux, and so turned to debian. I read all the stuff > about getting the OS 8 boot floopy, running SystemDisk 2.3 to patch my > OpenFirmare 2.4. I haven;t found any helpful information about Debian > install settings, such as boot file name, to specify in OF. > > Then when it comes to booting from the debian install floppy i get a > default catch error in Open Firmware when i type in "boot fd:0". I have > made at least 3 copies of the bootimage in Win2000 using rawrite and same > thing happens. > > Can someone who was been thru deb install on this type of machine please > give me some advice.
BootX is the best way for this machine, but the floppy should boot. It's actually a Mac floppy, so to boot it you have to pretend as if you're booting MacOS. Type bye or mac-boot at the OF prompt. If still no joy, reset the PRAM. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)
