On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:50:28PM -0400, Panagiotis G. Sebos wrote: > Hello, > > I recently got a 17'' powerbook and looking into > installing linux on it. > > Has anyone installed debian in the 17''?
I too would be very interested to know if anyone has had any success with this. I've been trying to do a debian install over the last few days but am having problems finding a linux.bin that will boot the powerbook successfully (I believe that I need a linux.bin file with ATA-100 support, and support for the USB controller). I can find a kernel image (from http://valla.uchicago.edu/ppc/vmlinux-pbg412.bz2 ) that has the ATA-100 support, but this hangs the machine while trying to get past the USB stage. Unfortunately, this is the only mac that we have, so I can't compile on another machine to create the correct kernel image. Would anyone know of a downloadable image that I could use to get the powerbook 17" up and into the debian install process? thanks Lindsay -- Dr. Lindsay Jack Signal Processing & Communications Division email :lDOTbDOTjackATlivDOTacDOTuk Dept. of Elec. and Elec. Eng., tel : +44 (0)151 794 4272 (direct line) University of Liverpool, fax : +44 (0)151 794 4540 Liverpool, L69 3GJ, U.K.
