On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 01:14:59PM -0400, Scott MacCallum wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I am trying to get the latest stable release of Debian PPC installed > > on an old world Mac. I have been following the Debian GNU/Linux > > Installation Guide > > (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/index.html.en) and in > > it there is mention of a boot-floppy-hfs.img file > > (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch05s01.html.en#id2536590) > > which is the first of many boot floppies that need to be dd'ed. The > > problem is I have been unable to locate the file > > > (http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-powerpc/current//images/powerpc/floppy/) > > in question and the other ones have proven not to work. > > > > Could someone point me in the right direction? > > Disclaimer: I haven't installed to oldworld macs since 2006 so my > knowledge in this area may well be outdated. > > The installation floppies (miboot) use non-free software and is not > included in the official debian distribution. However, in ealier > versions of debian, the miboot floppies were included. I don't know > exactly when (was it after woody?), but the non-free part of the > floppies where removed the official distro and the boot-floppies could > not boot. > > Nevertheless, individual debian developers (Sven Luther and others) > contiued to made automatically built installation floppy images > available to the general public. > > Some of the miboot history is in recorded in > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=382129 > > As far as I recall, there where problems to get kernels later than > 2.6.15 to boot (and the the correct root device) on oldworld. > > And the daily miboot builds were non automatically tested, so the > often failed (e.g. the image for the root-floppy was too big to fit a > physical floppy disk). > > When I tested new kernel versions on oldworld macs with the quik > boot-loader, I had to rescue or even reinstall from floppies. I > learned to like the woody installation floppies, the worked well on > the hardware I had (Performa 5400). After installing woody I could > upgrade to sarge without problems, but be careful with kernel versions > newer than 2.6.15! (I had success running self-compiled kernels newer > than 2.6.15 but only with kernels that did not use an initrd!). > > I would try the woody boot-floppies. > > > http://archive.debian.org/dists/Debian-3.0/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.23-2002-05-21/powermac/images-1.44/ > > Install woody -> upgrade to sarge -> compile a custom kernel that does > not use an initrd using recent kernel sources -> upgrade to etch. > > But, as I said in the beginning, my knowledge may well be outdated. > Perhaps others on this list have more recent experiences of installing > (and running) oldworld macs. > > -- > Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion > Q. Why is top posting bad? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIBbPifCyHKnBQYU4RAqrIAJ0Xw4QW5e3fi45u9OgO57TnWOnNuACfXckH > JTT1YA5oQriDS165l5fG3Ls= > =dCht > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
Hans, Thank you very much for the information! I am sure this will save me considerable time and frustration. The computer I am trying to get Debian installed on is a PPC 5400/200 (http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_5400_200.html). I am still getting use to the file layout Debian uses. Where can I find the Woody ISO for download. Would the small one fit my needs or do you recommend one of the others? -- Sincerely, Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
