On (16/12/05 23:11), Tara Athan wrote: > I have been attempting to follow the instructions in > > http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ > > to install debian on my Performa 6400/180. > I have done the following: > 1. created 2 partitions on my hard disk, one with the Mac OS installed, the > other blank > 2. installed bootx > 3. downloaded CD images from > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/powerpc/jigdo-cd > (I am using a Windows XP machine to download and burn- I don't have an > internet connection on the Performa- the modem is not functioning) > 4. burned the first CD using Nero > 5. copied vmlinux and initrd.gz (from the PowerPC folder on the debian > distro) into a Linux Kernels folder under the System folder > > (Actually the instructions say > "Download > |linux.bin| and > |ramdisk.image.gz| from the > |disks-powerpc/current/powermac| folder, and place > them in the |Linux Kernels| folder." > but I can't find those files, so I tried using the files for the New World > Macs (vmlinux and initrd.gz), which are present in my distro) > When I reboot, I see the BootX dialog. There is no response when I > select "Use RAM Disk" > If I click on Linux, I get a console screen and see some welcome to linux > stuff, but it fails at > VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,1) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1) > <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. > > which it does. > Clearly I am missing something important.. can anyone give me a clue? > Are there |linux.bin| and| ramdisk.image.gz files somewhere I haven't > looked yet? > > |Thanks, Tara > > PS I have OS 7.5.3 installed on the Mac.
I believe this is a nubus machine which won't work with BootX; the good news is that there is a way to install Debian using the MkLinux booter. I put up some notes on installing woody on to a nubus mac sometime ago: http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk/selfhelp/nubusmac.html It should be adaptable to sarge. I fear some of the links are now broken and I haven't had time to trawl the web to find later sources. If you get really stuck I may have copies of some of the essential files knocking around on our servers; let me know and I can mail them off-list. I've still got the 8100/80 with woody on but don't use it and would like to find it a good home. I did vaguely think of reinstalling it with sarge and update my notes but I've got too many other 'projects' on my list ..... Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
