Re: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-28 Thread dale-bresnan
bruno; puzzled. there were two types of scsi controller on the 43P systems the onboard is/was 53c810 which has a SE/LVD drive interface. optional was 53c825 which is a HVD drive interface. just check to see is any of the disks have the termination set on. and there are termination resisters insta

Re: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-28 Thread Gasha
There are exactly 2 options: 1) SE (single ended) disks sometimes include active terminator in disk. for example Seagate Cheetah 4.5 Gb disk. just put jumper on TP on last disk in chain. 2) LVD (low voltage differential) disks never include terminator. (at least i had not seen any). You nee

RE: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-28 Thread Bruno Gallichand
Hi, Thanks for your reply. Even though the SCSI disk partitioning went perfect and all partitions are fully initialized, and the base Woody (3.0) is installed, I still get this forever reported message at boot time: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting SCSI bus is being rese

Detailed notes: How to boot and install Debian from a USB stick on a PowerPC Mac

2012-08-28 Thread Rick Thomas
Here are my notes from recently installing Wheezy on a couple of G4 Power-Mac machines, including a G4 "mini". Comments are welcome! Rick - Your details may vary, such as the device name assigned to your USB-stick by t