Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-22 Thread Rick Thomas
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Narcis Garcia wrote: > If anyone has read specs, then has seen that that computer has a CD > reader, (not DVD). > > Ahhh... That explains a lot! Art, You need to get and burn a "netinst" CD from http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.9.0/powerpc/

Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-20 Thread Narcis Garcia
If anyone has read specs, then has seen that that computer has a CD reader, (not DVD). __ I'm using this express-made address because personal addresses aren't masked enough at lists.debian.org archives. El 20/10/15 a les 15:53, Lennart Sorensen ha escrit: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 01:

Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-20 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 01:54:09AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hi Art, > > I doubt you can buy a Lenny DVD these days. Your best bet is to find a > friend with a working DVD burner. > > After you've got a bootable DVD, take a look at the documentation that > Narcis Garcia linked to in his reply.

Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-20 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Art, I doubt you can buy a Lenny DVD these days. Your best bet is to find a friend with a working DVD burner. After you've got a bootable DVD, take a look at the documentation that Narcis Garcia linked to in his reply. Installing on a PowerPC machine is not different in any important way fro

Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-18 Thread Narcis Garcia
Manufacturer specifications: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_500_late_2001.html Debian classification: https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install * /All current Apple computers released since 2006, run on Intel processors, and boot using EFI (a successor to th

Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-18 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Art, Is there any reason you need specifically Lenny? Current Debian for PowerPC is Jessie, which is a couple of generations beyond Lenny. Is it that your processor is a G3, not G4? I don't know if the more recent Debian versions support G3 any more, but that would be a good reason for using

Re: CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Art Grandi wrote: Hi! I would like to acquire a DVD version of Debian Lenny, in order to try recovering an ibook G3 Dual (M6497). I have absolutely no idea of what "ibook G3 Dual (M6497)" states and/or implies. However I would suggest http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/ as a

CD Debian Lenny

2015-10-18 Thread Art Grandi
Hi! I would like to acquire a DVD version of Debian Lenny, in order to try recovering an ibook G3 Dual (M6497). CAn you help me in any way? Do you know of any other Linux version that might fit this computer, which you would recommend ? I intend to use this machine on the road, mostly for wri