Re: ppc bootflops and iso's?
On Mon, 1 May 2000, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > I got the boot disks I used from > > > > ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/current/ > > > > I think there are some experimental (more recent) ones floating > > around--check the archives for URL's. > > > > I don't know of any iso images. I have a fast connection, so I just > > used tasksel and apt-get for everything. > > > Try this: > > > http://ftp.kando.hu/ftp/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/ > > > from http://cdimage.debian.org/potato_pre.html Are these images bootable? Because the newer Macs (Bondi G3's, iMac's and G4's) haven't got any floppy-drives. And to make things even "better", BootX doesn't work with the AGP-G4's. /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
Re: Including Xfree4.0 in potato/ppc (Was : Re: deb-ppc: Xserverdebianpackages ?)
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > > Would you compile the ppc version of it ? > > > > > > I could, but it takes _very_ long to build on my machine... and I only > > > have access to it on weekends. > > > > Well, still less than waiting for me to fix my box and then upload it. If i > > remember it correctly, you have the same box as i, and it should not take > > more than 5 hours or so ? > > No, still someone else could certainly build it far faster than I. Well, as soon as I get my G4 running Debian properly, I do compiling for you... :^) Most of the CPU-time is used by Distributed.net right now anyway. /David _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
Re: what the hell is ``bondi blue?''
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 10:58:09AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > > > Besides, we'll be on devfs, probably. Ben is working on a way to make > > OF paths user accessible, also. > > i will switch to BSD before i ever use that abomination :P > > any solution must work with the old way, not just the experimental and > optional devfs. At least one of the BSD's (I think it's FreeBSD) has a DevFS... I can't realise what you possible could have against devfs. Solaris has it, AIX has it, Irix has it, if I'm not all wrong MacOS X & Darwin has it. It's natural, it's not an abomination. I'd like to hear you come up with a good solution that doesn't use DevFS and yet handles 40-50 hot-pluggable devices (USB/Firewire/Fibrechannel etc.) /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
Re: Performa 6200 family question
On Tue, 9 May 2000, Pete Toich wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me or point me to more information on why the Performa > 6200 (PPC 603) family can not run linux? Simply because it has an NuBus, not a PCI-bus, and noone has had enough information to finish NuBus-support for the kernel. Either you use MkLinux, or you send dear requests to Apple and ask them to release all the specifications needed. /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
Re: Debian CD-images
On Mon, 15 May 2000, C.M. Connelly wrote: [snipped a lot] > ** Aside: LinuxPPC's Mac page, > <http://www.linuxppc.com/about/hardware/apple/>, claims that G4s > should be able to boot with the newest version of BootX available > from Ben's site, <http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh/>. I thought > that was kind of interesting given the discussions here about > BootX vs. yaboot. I don't see anything on Ben's page that > confirms or denies G4 bootability with BootX. You can boot PCI-G4's with BootX, but not AGP-G4's, if I'm not all wrong... At least, booting with BootX is impossible on my AGP G4/400. /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
Re: Downloading Debian from European Sites
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 10:38:37AM +0100, Sergio Brandano wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > some time ago I reported that www.uk.debian.org is not an UK > > site, as it is in fact a site in the east coast of the USA. > > Today I am reporting that the situation is as it was, and that > > other European sites are very slow. sunsite.org has a very good > > mirroring system in London UK but is not in sync with the main > > distribution. I am not aware of who is in charge of this, but > > if you do, please forward this mail to him/her. I propose the > > creation of one (1) Debian site in Europe, in replacement of all > > the others. The money spent in managing all the sites will be > > spent for managing this super-site, for improved performance. > > Err, ... > > www.fr.debian.org seems to be in france, anyway, it is much faster for > me that www.debian.org. Ehrm, as everyone else seem to post their favourite European mirrors: ftp.se.debian.org Is quite fast for me (I might be somewhat biased, as I'm part of the group administering that machine and that the machine stands approx. 1 block from my apartment) and is connected to the Swedish backbone-net. If you have problem with the speed from it, well tough luck, it's your connection, not the machine, I can assure you. /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
Re: Keyboard Layout
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Fabian Jakobs wrote: > Hi, > > I have problems with my Keyboard-Layout under X and console. I have a G4 > (AGP) with German USB-Keyboard. > Does anyone know where to find the Pipe-Symbol (X, console) and the @ (only > X). Well, my bet would be alt-gr + shift + slash (that'd be alt-gr + shift + 7) probably, like in MacOS, for |, and alt-gr + * for @. At least, that's how things are on my Swedish keyboard. [snip] /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker// Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/
