Thank you so much Rogerio for the response. Just to clarify about the router: - I have access to a wireless router, but not to the physical device, hence no wired internet access. - I have two Windows computers that can connect to the wireless router, which uses the WPA protocol. Machine A is a Windows Vista notebook computer, and I do not have administrator access to it. Machine B is a Windows 7 notebook computer, and I have full access to it.
It would be really great if I could find out how to use the Window 7 computer's [Dell D510] wireless internet connection, along with that computer's wired ethernet connection (RJ-45) to share the internet connection to the Powerbook. I have found many sources that will tell me how to use a Powerbook as the primary internet connection, and then pass it the direction I don't need to, to the Dell. Every time I need to put software on the Powerbook I need to sneaker-net it across using a USB flash drive. If I installed Jingo-lite it would be using Mac OS X 10.2, so I am avoiding installation of any more Mac(compatible) software. I think I will download the Lenny DVD (should only take 8 hours or so), and see if that will boot. By the way, once I get lenny installed, will I be able to use the Powerbook's wireless connection with my wireless router (the WPA connection)? Thanks again for your help, Mark On Saturday, May 16, 2009, at 04:00PM, "Rogério Brito" <rbr...@ime.usp.br> wrote: >On May 16 2009, Mark Hoff wrote: >> I am trying to install Debian Linux version 5 (lenny) on an old G4 >> Powerbook (Titanium, 1GB memory, 667Mhz cpu, Machine model version >> 2.1) that is running Mac OS X 10.2. > >This is great. I wish I had one of those. :-) > >> Some of my constraints: >> 1) It is not possible at this time to upgrade to a more recent version >> of OS X. > >This is an excellent example of why Free Software doesn't let you down >when you need to get things working, letting you run the latest and >greatest software as you wish, in general. > >> 2) I do not have a wired internet connection from this Mac. >> 3) The only WIFI access is to a WPA connection (no control over the router >> either). > >Right. > >> More Background: >> a) The mac software works just fine (just no internet access due to above). > >Does the fact that you have Mac OS X working but no internet connection >mean that you don't have wired connection *nor* wifi connection, despite >having a router? > >The situation isn't clear here. > >> b) I do have internet access to the wireless router from two other machines: >> - Windows Vista notebook PC (but no Administrator access on this computer) >> - Windows 7 notebook PC (full access to this computer) > >OK. > >> What I have tried so far: >> 1) Downloaded Net Boot CD iso image (from debian.org) and burned a CD with >> it. >> The install went just fine, until it found several deb files that were >> 'corrupt'. >> So I downloaded fresh copies of them off the debian web site. >> I just don't know how to integrate them into the install process. > >You can try to "merge" them both with the jigdo-lite program. > >> 2) Downloaded the first CD iso image from >> [ http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.1/powerpc/iso-cd/ ]. >> Then I burned this CD using the same computer and software as above >> (IsoBuster on a Windows XP machine that has no internet access). >> That CD would not boot on my Powerbook - it has a 'read error' >> when trying to load the kernel. > >I sincerely have no idea how to use Windows and I can't help you here. :-( > >> What can I do to get Linux installed on my Powerbook? > >The problem is that you don't have a network connection. Otherwise, you >could do a "medium-less" installation of the distribution, as documented >in, say, Branden Robinson's ibook installation page. :-/ > >I would guess that you could try again with burning another CD (this >time, using MacOS X, if possible), so that you know that the powerbook >can read it latter (test the burn, either way). > >And before installing, whatever is the situation (burning the CD on >another computer or not), use Disk Utilities to see if you can read the >whole CD as an ISO image and compare the md5sum against what is in the >repositories. > > >Hope this sheds a bit of light, Rogério. > >-- >Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 >http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito >Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
