Re: Do my packages work?

2009-05-21 Thread Christian Garbs
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 07:18:13PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > On May 17 2009, Christian Garbs wrote: > > On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 07:46:47PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > > > Why are you packaging rtorrent? > > > (http://www.cgarbs.de/stuff/deb-repository.html

Re: Do my packages work?

2009-05-17 Thread Christian Garbs
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 07:46:47PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > Why are you packaging rtorrent? > (http://www.cgarbs.de/stuff/deb-repository.html#rtorrent) I _was_ packaging rtorrent :-) It's an Etch backport. I have not yet thrown away those (there are some other Etch-backports in there) in ca

Do my packages work?

2009-05-16 Thread Christian Garbs
Hello there, I've finally managed to get my RS/6000 Model 43 up and running unter Debian Lenny. If I find some time, I'll do a write-up of my experiences for my blog. After some long compile sessions (256MB RAM is not enough for linking C++ binaries...) I've built some powerpc-packages for m

Re: installing Lenny on IBM RS/6000

2009-03-16 Thread Christian Garbs
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 06:25:41PM -0700, dale-gmail wrote: > I think I can build you an install image on my box and it should > work on yours if it does boot from the prep partition. Thanks dale, but you don't have to do that any more. Combining the SuSE 7.3 package I received and the instructi

Re: installing Lenny on IBM RS/6000

2009-03-08 Thread Christian Garbs
On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 06:25:41PM -0700, dale-gmail wrote: > o.k. understand > I did not know how much difference there would be between a 7248 and a > 7043 box > > I think I can build you an install image on my box and it should > work on yours if it does boot from the prep partition. That soun

Re: installing Lenny on IBM RS/6000

2009-03-01 Thread Christian Garbs
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:05:03AM -0700, dale-gmail wrote: > i have a rs/6000 7248-133 > which is a prep machine. > started with loading it with woody (2.4.x) > by following the following how to: > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/IBM7248-HOWTO.html > (it is still there) Thanks, the HOW

Re: installing Lenny on IBM RS/6000

2009-02-25 Thread Christian Garbs
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 09:08:31PM -0700, dale wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Christian Garbs" > To: > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 6:05 AM > Subject: installing Lenny on IBM RS/6000 > > try this site and then update to latest debian > >

installing Lenny on IBM RS/6000

2009-02-22 Thread Christian Garbs
Hello, I'm trying to install Lenny on an IBM 43P Model 140 / 7043 (RS/6000 PReP). The system should be working: It ran Gentoo when I got my hands on it. While trying to switch to Debian I bricked it (does not boot any more) and now I'm trying a fresh install. Attempting to boot via CD-ROM ("boot