Debian Install on PowerBook G4

I am looking at installing debian on my powerbook g4 667. I have downloaded the current powerpc images from ftp.planetmirror.com.au which i assume are 2.2rev5. When I boot off the CD I get "invalid parition 1 signature". I found a page that says to download the images in the new-powerpc dis

Re: How to boot Debian woody on an iMac?

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:32:54PM +0100, Steffen B?rner wrote: > Hello Folks, > > after installing the base system, I have to boot from the hd to continue the > installation process. But I dont know how to setup something like yaboot or > how does this work? > Thank you! This is covered in the i

Re: help can't use the boot-floppies

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 09:06:28AM +0100, jan wrote: > thanks John, > > I tried to take the hfs-boot-floppy image but without any results. Can't > boot from fd:0. > Perhaps one day it will happen... The hfs-boot-floppy is not a linux boot floppy (please read the powerpc install manual). Instead

Re: boot time

On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 18:33, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:20, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 16:56, Josh Huber wrote: > > > Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > I know it doesn't use the PMU. I was more thinking of a > > > > debian-package a

Re: ibook2 "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps", does it work?

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:29:57PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > ctrl:nocaps works for me regardless. The original poster should check if > Xkb is disabled for some reason. > Thanks. That's also my impression from the mailling list archive. So, the question is how to check if Xkb is disabled?

How to boot Debian woody on an iMac?

Hello Folks, after installing the base system, I have to boot from the hd to continue the installation process. But I dont know how to setup something like yaboot or how does this work? Thank you!

Re: ibook2 "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps", does it work?

On Don, 2002-02-28 at 02:36, Aaron Schrab wrote: > At 17:43 -0600 27 Feb 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am trying to reamp the ctrl and caps keys on my ibook2. > > > > From the log file, the line > > > > Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > > > > was read, but nothing happens. How to debu

Re: boot time

On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 17:20, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 16:56, Josh Huber wrote: > > Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I know it doesn't use the PMU. I was more thinking of a > > > debian-package a-la pmac-utils with an all-in-one settings file, and > > > a ni

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help: tar hangs system; reboot required

Folks-- I've been finding that tar (to a tape) is hanging the system. "tar" to a file works fine. The hang always comes at the start of the process before the anything is written to the tape. It's a hard hang ^C doesn't work and a system reboot is required. Even "init 0" from a console hang

2.4.18 kernel oops

Here we go. I used ksymoops to get this far. I don't what the oops.file is supposed to be, so for now we'll leave that off. Here's the output of running ksymoops... ksymoops 2.3.4 on ppc 2.4.18. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /

Re: boot time

On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 06:27, Peter Canning wrote: > I've attached the init.d script I've been using for at least a year. I > hope it is useful to other people. > > - Peter Canning It's the one that comes with pmacpow ;) And it's not a debian init script... Cheers -- /Bastien Nocera http

2.4.18 kernel oops

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Re: woody/PowerMac 6400 - NIC driver install trouble

on 27/02/2002 23:59, Bruce A. Burdick, Jr. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to install woody on a PowerMac 6400 with an AsanteFAST 10/100 > card, but having no luck. The NIC, which works fine in MacOS, isn't > recognized. The only driver that looks remotely suitable is the ng_tulip > drive

Re: mice and x

on 27/02/2002 22:57, Chris Tillman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:47:20PM -0500, eric wrote: oh yeah, forgot: something about execv, and me trying to run "man" as a user OR as root, and "execv" denying me access, but not from the version in /lib, but from /usr/bin. Weird.

Re: mice and x

on 27/02/2002 22:57, Chris Tillman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:47:20PM -0500, eric wrote: >> Chris Tillman wrote: >> >>> You're out of my league now; but there are 2 ways to start X, startx and >>> gdm. With gdm, you have a choice of what kind of session you want, I >

Re: help can't use the boot-floppies

thanks John, I tried to take the hfs-boot-floppy image but without any results. Can't boot from fd:0. Perhaps one day it will happen... jan John Fremlin wrote: You want to boot from the hfs-floppy-image (whatever that was called) one instead, and then put in the root.bin disk which contai

Re: boot time

I've attached the init.d script I've been using for at least a year. I hope it is useful to other people. - Peter Canning On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 09:20, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 16:56, Josh Huber wrote: > > Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I know it