Well, from what I've read in the archives, I realize this is a sadistic thing to attempt for my first linux install! Here's the thing: I'm using the Debian Boot-Floppy-Hfs.img to install. I downloaded Debian 3.0r1 and burned them onto disk. First, i can't get a Swap partition created, and could use some help with that! What type is it? And second, I WAS getting the problem of it saying it couln't use the /root drive because it was on hdc, and not hda. Well, thanks to a kind stranger, I found out I can switch the ide slots and it puts it at /dev/hda. Lovely, now quik will recognize hda2 and make it bootable, BUT it still won't boot. I've tried executing a shell and using the nvsetenv boot-device 'ofpath /dev/hda2' command, but to no avail. It reboots, and comes up with CAN'T open /dev/hda2. Well, I have NO macOS on this machine, as my boss deleted the MAC partition when he was trying to install Linux on this G3. What can I do? I am a complete newbie. I used Unix in college as a medium for C++, but that's as far as I have used it, and college was QUITE a while ago! Can anyone help waljk me through what needs done? Or tell me where I can find a boot-disk, as the installer program says it can't make a boot disk for powerpc? Any help whatsoever would be appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Sincerely, Troy W. Conkright-Computer Aide Walnut Elementary 3548 S. 775 E. New Ross, IN 47968 Phone 765-362-0542 Fax 765-362-0545
