Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-06 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Josh wrote: > OK, I've followed all directions I've collected and I am at the point of > doing 'make mrproper' and now I'm getting a 'make; command not found' > message (as root). What am I missing? Make. Do you have the "make" package installed? Is the binary in root's PATH

Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-06 Thread Nelson Abramson
Josh wrote: > OK, I've followed all directions I've collected and I am at the point of > doing 'make mrproper' and now I'm getting a 'make; command not found' > message (as root). What am I missing? Probably the package make. You will also want to make sure that you have gcc, binutils, and many

Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-06 Thread Josh
OK, I've followed all directions I've collected and I am at the point of doing 'make mrproper' and now I'm getting a 'make; command not found' message (as root). What am I missing?

Re: Dynu Dynamic DNS Client (Was: Re: unzip)

2000-07-06 Thread Josh
> You can look on freshmeat.net for other dynamic DNS scripts and either > switchservices (there are *free* dynamic DNS services, for example) oruse > one of those scripts as a model. A big advantage of scriptsis that > they're considerably more architecture-independent. > Another option is for y

Dual boot - MacOS / Debian

2000-07-06 Thread Brian Almeida
Ok, I've been reading the list archives all day and I'm at least a little more familiar with the process, but still am not certain. I've recently acquired a G4 through work. It's got a zip disk and 2 18GB scsi disks. Right now MacOS 9 is on disk 1, and disk 2 is empty. I'd like to have one disk

Re: Paul's 2.2.15 does not boot a 7200

2000-07-06 Thread James Waterhouse
Hello all, I'm having trouble booting on a 7200. When I boot I get the following message printed on my serial console: Open Firmware, 1.0.5 bla bla bla... 0 > boot Second-stage QUIK loader boot: Inode error #2133571404 while loading file /vmlinuz Image not found tr

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
> from what I've learned, VMWare doesn't emulate but hands over the code to > the processor for execution. Thus it won't run on PPC since the PPC will > tell you that this code doesn't make sense to him (not that it would do > anyway ;) ) This is correct. VMWare simply creates a virtual machine e

Dynu Dynamic DNS Client (Was: Re: unzip)

2000-07-06 Thread C.M. Connelly
"J" == Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> well, is it an Intel binary? J> mmm...probably Definitely: diziet% file dynupremium dynupremium: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped >> Which one is it, btw? J>

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Olaf Grewe
Andre, >Oops I didn't realize this thread is on debian-powerpc. Most PC >emulators won't wotk on PPC; experiences with VMWare on PPC anyone? > >Andre > from what I've learned, VMWare doesn't emulate but hands over the code to the processor for execution. Thus it won't run on PPC since the PPC will

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Josh
> well, is it an Intel binary? mmm...probably > Which one is it, btw? DynuPremium from dynu.com Do you know of any dynamic dns services with scripts for Linux PPC?

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Andre Berger
Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "C.M. Connelly" wrote: > > > unzip is available: > > OK, I got unzip. The program I downloaded, after unzipping is now: > > program.exe > > I chmod'd it so its executable. I tried running it (by typing its name) and > I was told that I > can't run binaries

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Andre Berger
Oops I didn't realize this thread is on debian-powerpc. Most PC emulators won't wotk on PPC; experiences with VMWare on PPC anyone? Andre

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread C.M. Connelly
Hmm. Another caveat: Downloading binaries from random sources can be dangerous, as you never have any real idea of what they could be capable of doing. Downloading source and compiling it is potentially safer since you *could* audit the code to find any problems. (Since almost no one does so, h

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread C.M. Connelly
"JH" == Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Josh, JH> OK, so now I downloaded the Linux version of the program I JH> need (a Dynamic DNS program) and unzipped it (not an .exe). JH> When I run it I get this: JH> Cannot execute binary file. JH> What's the deal? Aha, now I see. It'

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Josh Huber
On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 01:24:27PM -0500, Josh wrote: > OK, so now I downloaded the Linux version of the program I need (a Dynamic > DNS program) and unzipped it (not an .exe). When I run it I get this: > > Cannot execute binary file. well, is it an Intel binary? for example: ppc system -$> fil

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Josh
> Um, run DOS? > > Seriously, an EXE file is either a DOS or Windows binary > (requiring DOS or Windows to run) or a pkzip archive, in which > case you could unpack it by running `unzip program.exe'. OK, so now I downloaded the Linux version of the program I need (a Dynamic DNS program) and unzipp

Re: debian on the 7200

2000-07-06 Thread Xavier Grave
I'm not an expert on powerpc machines but can you boot on CD ? from the OF perhaps ? (there is something on this in the linux ppc archives) If so the image from the official site is fine for start. The information from the thread on installing iMac DVD is helpfull also. With this I was able to bo

debian on the 7200

2000-07-06 Thread James Waterhouse
Hello all, I'm about to install debian on a powermac 7200. Right now it has the macos on it but I want to wipe the drive and just have it running debian. Before I start does anyone have any good advise to give me? I've looked at the list and have found a bit of info so hopefully it will be not

Re: compiling kernel

2000-07-06 Thread Michel Dänzer
Jim wrote: > Mount points are existing directories (right?) Right. Whatever that directory contains is shadowed by the mounted partition as long as it's mounted. Then when you unmount it, the original contents are back there. Michel -- The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinst

Re: CALL FOR HELP : debian boot floppies 2.2.15 on apus still not ok.

2000-07-06 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 04:44:56PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > BTW what's the fs type of root.bin supposed to be? I can't mount it here. > > > > root.bin is just a compressed ext2 root image. > > > > dbootstrap does some gunzip & piping magic to mount it, but mv root

Re: Airport

2000-07-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>> Unfortunately, Harald's patch (well, maybe it was updated in the >> meantime) lacks byteswapping fort the multicast address filter and the >> encryption keys, meaning that they won't work. > >Just encryption won't work, or the whole thing won't work? Encryption won't work, meaning that the whol

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread C.M. Connelly
"J" == Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Josh, J> OK, I got unzip. The program I downloaded, after unzipping J> is now: J> program.exe J> I chmod'd it so its executable. I tried running it (by J> typing its name) and I was told that I can't run binaries. J> Is there something else

Re: unzip

2000-07-06 Thread Josh
"C.M. Connelly" wrote: > unzip is available: OK, I got unzip. The program I downloaded, after unzipping is now: program.exe I chmod'd it so its executable. I tried running it (by typing its name) and I was told that I can't run binaries. Is there something else I have to do to the program