On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 01:01:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Aug 24 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:58:58AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > > After installing the NewerTech G3 upgrade card into the PowerMac > > > 9500/180MP, I had some problems, when I tried to install > > > Debian. None of the sarge floppies would work and I eventually > > > decided to get rid of any > > > > Ah, so you are not really using the 2.6 miboot floppies, after all, in > > fact you are not at all using miboot. > > Please, correct, me but the fake Finder and System folders that comes > with Debian's woody HFS floppy are miboot floppies, right?
No idea, probably, but i am really not all that knowledgeable about pre-sarge oldworld stuff. > That floppy is what I am using to boot my system. But, again, please > correct me if I am wrong. Not sure, someone else could comment. > > How do you actually boot this kernel from a floppy if it doesn't > > involve using miboot ? And are you sure this method will work on all > > old-world implementations ? > > I am not sure if it works with other OldWorld implementations. I do > think that it does, since, IIRC, there were other people using the very > same process some time ago (say, one or two years ago). Also, it has > continued to work on my pmac even after I upgraded its processor (from > the dual 604e card to a single G3 card). It is more firmware than processor related though. > > Also, if yes, would you contribute some documentation about this in > > the installation manual ? > > Of course I can contribute documentation, but I don't think that what I > am doing is anything extraordinary. Well, it is always better than nothing, which is probably what we have now. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
