Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 08:47:16PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Keep in mind that the *next* kernel will be even bigger. Sooner or > > later, even the fully modularized minimum configuration isn't going > > fit on a single floppy. > > There is current discu

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 21, 2005, at 6:21 PM, Rogério Brito wrote: On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote: NewWorld Macs can boot off of CDs, so these boot floppies are only necessary for OldWorld PowerMacs, which, being out of production, have a fixed unchanging set of devices. That is false, as you can obviousl

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote: > Keep in mind that the *next* kernel will be even bigger. Sooner or > later, even the fully modularized minimum configuration isn't going > fit on a single floppy. There is current discussion on the lkml discussing which kernels one should use with small system

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi there, vinai. On Aug 20 2005, vinai wrote: > One thing to keep in mind is that the swim3 driver in the Old World > Pmacs hasn't been properly updated for the 2.6 series of kernels. Last > I checked, I think the driver now compiles, but I can't remember if it > even works. I'll take a look soon

Re: On the use of DVD recordable media

2005-08-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 19 2005, Brendon Lloyd Higgins wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote (Thursday 18 August 2005 5:14 pm): > > Which portable do you have? > > Portable? I don't have any portable. You might've misunderstood me. Oops. Yes, perhaps I have misunderstood you. I was refering myself to the fact that not al

[PATCH} Re: www.d.o: PowerPC installation pages need update

2005-08-21 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"FJP" == Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FJP> http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install >> I can try this next - I don't run a lot of old Mac (legacy) >> hardware or other PowerPC systems, but it should be easy to at >> least sync with the install manual (at leas

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote: > NewWorld Macs can boot off of CDs, so these boot floppies are only > necessary for OldWorld PowerMacs, which, being out of production, > have a fixed unchanging set of devices. That is false, as you can obviously upgrade your box with other devices and even the

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 19 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > > Humm, this is indeed a problem. :-( The non-freeness of miboot is > > a secondary problem in face of not having a way to install the > > operating system on the box. :-( > > The kernel don't fit

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 21, 2005, at 10:22 AM, vinai wrote: On Sun, August 21, 2005 6:47, Derrik Pates wrote: On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld Pmacs, since there are none-such? Actually, that's not true - I have a

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 09:22:28AM -0500, vinai wrote: > On Sun, August 21, 2005 6:47, Derrik Pates wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld > >> Pmacs, since there are none-such? > > > > Actuall

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread vinai
On Sun, August 21, 2005 6:47, Derrik Pates wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: >> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld >> Pmacs, since there are none-such? > > Actually, that's not true - I have a 7500 with an aftermarket > 604e/180 dua

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-08-21 Thread Derrik Pates
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld Pmacs, > since there are none-such? Actually, that's not true - I have a 7500 with an aftermarket 604e/180 dual CPU card, and I'm sure there was at least one 9600 model

Re: Re: Will Debian Sarge resize OS X-volume during install?

2005-08-21 Thread Eric Hoch
Hi Michel, Am Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:46:14 +0200, schrieb Guus013: > Hi Sven, > > >> ..so you have to use some mac-os-x tool and remove the journal.. > > Which tool did you use? If you have the Install CD/DVD Set or any other Installationmedia for Panther, Jaguar and earlier won't work, you hav