--- Claudux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello from Brittany (France), (can say in Breton ?? :)) > > few words to tell you I succeed installing a Debian > system on an > powermac G3 oldworld. you then are running now woody, or did you afterwards upgrade using your sarge cd ? > > I followed Debian official documentation and the ppc > list. > > I couldn't boot using the miboot floppies. > I used BootX and Floppies (rescue.bin, driver-1.bin, > driver-2.bin) found > in the woody archive. > > As I was using the Debian official Cds for Sarge, > the installer told me > it couldn't get > "file : /instmnt/dists/woody/Release" > so > I downloaded the file > basedebs.tar > put it in the mac side and get the system install > from the hard drive.
what should work is if you copy the kernel and ramdisk from the sarge cd into the mac side, putting their names into the bootx options. as told in the install manual for Sarge (but towards the end, its a bit convoluted there with woody mixed up for those who can't use bootx...) i have a beige G3 that is RevB (March1998). I am not sure but i suspect that the Rev A has more trouble to install. sometimes you can replace the ROM ... Do you know which you have (should be on the motherboard written). > > I'm now very proud to read that Debian/Linux comes > with ABSOLUTELY NO > WARRANTY... > and keep on my technical trip in order to get that > machine working > following my needs... good, too many people get something for free and right away take it for granted (even partially) > > Claude > PS : I already run Debian Sarge on a G4 AGP you could upgrade that to etch now... > > Brian > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - > http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFF5+iZAbIE9g/+AEcRAnr3AJ4mVM9eK8kMpd6Vm+ELmeT1u3ojLwCglrpC > c02+ZwyamJgu//miYp93ImE= > =xEFH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
