Re: Debian/Linux/BSD/UNIX on Mac *SE*

2004-03-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 22:21, Joe Clark wrote: > Hi there. I got the brainstorm tonight to consider turning a couple old > doorstop Mac SE's I've got sitting around into very very basic Linux > machines. It looks like most sites point to the fact that there are > options for an SE/30, but not r

Debian/Linux/BSD/UNIX on Mac *SE*

2004-03-12 Thread Joe Clark
Hi there. I got the brainstorm tonight to consider turning a couple old doorstop Mac SE's I've got sitting around into very very basic Linux machines. It looks like most sites point to the fact that there are options for an SE/30, but not really any options for a Mac SE (68000). Do any of yo

Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

2004-03-12 Thread Brad Boyer
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 07:33:33PM +0100, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > BTW, is it possible to connect a > standard SCSI CD-Rom to a Mac? It would be nice if I could use it from > MacOS, but even if it just works in Linux it would be ok. I have a 4x CD-Rom > and a 4x CD-R left over, and my Mac has

Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

2004-03-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:35:11PM -0500, Jesse R. Lucke wrote: > > Pardon me, but I'm somewhat new to the Linux world. I don't know quite > what you mean by creating devices manually. Then maybe you should just follow Hank's advice? See: http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/woody/ Known p

Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

2004-03-12 Thread Jesse R. Lucke
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:47:28AM -0500, Hank wrote: >> > >> > >> >. >> > >> >Now, of course, it refuses to mount my Debian CD. Maybe I should try a >> >newer CD drive--I'm using an old Sony/Apple 2x caddy loader. Any hints >> >getting it to snag the data from the disc if I mount it on my PPC an

Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

2004-03-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:47:28AM -0500, Hank wrote: > > > > > >. > > > >Now, of course, it refuses to mount my Debian CD. Maybe I should try a > >newer CD drive--I'm using an old Sony/Apple 2x caddy loader. Any hints > >getting it to snag the data from the disc if I mount it on my PPC and make >

Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

2004-03-12 Thread Hank
. Now, of course, it refuses to mount my Debian CD. Maybe I should try a newer CD drive--I'm using an old Sony/Apple 2x caddy loader. Any hints getting it to snag the data from the disc if I mount it on my PPC and make it available via FTP/HTTP? You can set up an nfs server and export your cd. rea

Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

2004-03-12 Thread Jesse R. Lucke
Sorry, Brad, for the duplication, but I forgot to edit the "To" line before sending it. Dagnabbit, it's not supposed to work that way! =( > On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 01:20:08AM -0500, Jesse R. Lucke wrote: >> Hee hee. Yes, that's true--and this SE/30 really does have 7.6.1 installed. The secret in