On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 09:13:32PM +0200, Martin Geier wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently trying to install sarge via the new debian-installer on a > PowerMac 9500 (200MHz, 2 Gig SCSI disk, 128MB RAM). I tried several > floppy-images from http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/, here a > short summary: > > ./2004-08-22/powerpc-small/floppy/boot.img: Smiling-Mac-icon, then > the Mac-tux-icon and floppy-activity. Then the screen gets black except > the tux in the middle, which now has (I think) inverted colors and the > monitor goes into standby (using an ATI Mach64). Using a Mac Picasso 520 > nothing happens on screen, only the floppy stops working.
Mmm What kind of ATI MAch64 do you have ? They should be supported : CONFIG_FB_ATY=y CONFIG_FB_ATY_GX=y CONFIG_FB_ATY_CT=y > ./2004-08-22/powerpc-small/floppy/ofonlyboot.img: Smiling-Mac-icon, then > the Mac-tux-icon and floppy-activity. Sometimes the screen gets black except > the tux in the middle, which now has (I think) inverted colors. Finally > the floppy comes out. Inserting the root-floppy and pressing enter > initiates again floppy-activity, but I can't see anything :( This seems to work, but you don't have fbdev console. Can you try setting up a serial console to understand what is happening ? > ./2004-08-22/powerpc/floppy/boot.img: Gives a red-crossed tux > > ./2004-08-22/powerpc/floppy/ofonlyboot.img: Also gives a red-crossed tux This i would really like to know why this is happening. > Some questions: > > Am I running into floppy-errors or is sarge on a PowerMac 9500 not yet > ready? > > Whats the difference between boot.img and ofonlyboot.img? ofonly has the of driver or something like that for fbdev, while the other has the real ones. > Any ideas? > > Greetings, > Martin > > PS: woody (2.2.20 & 2.4.18) runs fine on that machine... > > [XPost to -boot & -powerpc, which one is better?] Both i think, -powerpc is more likely to get your old-world pmac experiences people contributing, but -boot is the right place for it. Keep both in the loop. Friendly, Sven Luther
