On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 09:54:21PM +0200, Simon Vallet wrote: > Hi Stephen,
Hey Simon, thanks for the help. > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:22:01 +0000 > Stephen Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ ...] > > I don't have a Linux workstation available to make boot floppies; Can these > > boot floppies be made in MacOS > > ? If so how ? All the instructions I've been able to grep assume that one > > has a Linux box handy to make > > boot floppies. Do I need to go the boot floppy route, or should I be able > > to boot with the MacOS system > > CD, and then mount the Debian net install on the other drive ? > > AFAICR you can't boot those systems using a standard install CD -- it > might have something to do with some parts of the boot code being > proprietary and as such not freely redistributable. Right > There are at least three ways to boot an Oldworld : quik, some utility > that piggy-backs on the MacOS bootloader (I can't recall the name), or > directly booting a COFF kernel image (I'm not even sure that one works > on the beige G3). BootX probably is the one that piggy-backs. > I personally use quik, but this might not be your best option : > if you want to go that route, search for posts similar to yours in the > archives -- I posted quite a lot of messages to the list at that time > (some years back, I fear). The MacOS utility is quite simpler to > install, but it requires MacOS, and is a bit of a hassle when you want > to update your kernel. OK I'll search the archives. My rather extensive Google searches didn't turn up anyting prior though from this list. Is it indexed by the Google machine ? You're using quik on a G3 ? If so could I trouble you to post a StepxStep ? > As for starting the installer, I fear you will have to use floppies > (yes, they still exist ;-)) -- look for something called "miboot", I > think that's what I used at that time. So miboot makes the floppies from MacOS ? I think that came with the copy of BootX I have here. What I don't understand, is that on booting from the MacOS install CD, the Debian Installer CD doesn't show as mounted in either of my other CD drives. At least one install article I read, indicated that installing from the Debian CD is possible that way. > Good luck, Thanks. :D -- Regards, S.D.Allen - Toronto http://sda2.freeshell.org GPG Key fingerprint: 7E6D 855D 8C03 15E4 1B12 2418 A71C 96CD 6843 1C91 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
