Re: miboot

2006-09-25 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:56:50 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 03:22:37PM +, rob rob wrote: >> Hello all, >> I have a powerpc 6500/275 and am trying to install debian etch with the >> floppy images from ~wouter, or the beta3 from debian for that matter. >> Everything works fi

Re: CPU frequency scaling on G4 systems

2006-09-25 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:19:03 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > With current 2.6.17 and 2.8.16 Debian kernels, the following cpufreq > modules are available: > > $ find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -name 'cpufreq*' > /lib/modules/2.6.18-1-powerpc/kernel/drivers/cpufreq > /lib/modules/2.6.18-1

Re: possibly boot hangs refers to other devices ???

2006-07-03 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:54:24 -0700, brian wrote: > hi, > > i have to be honest all is not rosy either with my > pismo/g4-550. > (runs testing with weekly update) To clarify for others who might find this post via Google, you are referring to a PowerBook G3 Series (2000) that shipped with either

Re: Booting/ installing Debian on a G3 with Open Firmware 2.4

2006-06-26 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:41:36 -0700, Jason Self wrote: > On 6/24/06, Michael Fuckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The Machine seems to be only netbootable > > The beige G3 is also able to boot from CD. Insert CD and hold down "C" > on the keyboard while the machine powers up, searches for startup

Re: Can't run RAR binary

2006-06-24 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:43:54 +0800, Lawrence Li wrote: > After downloading RAR and going through "./configure" >> "make" >> > "make install", RAR was in /usr/local/bin, but neither rar nor unrar > are executable. The error msg is: Why bother with any of that when you can install this? http://pack

Re: yaboot error - load size is too small

2006-06-14 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:41:36 -0700, Warner Scott wrote: > I hope you got an answer to this question because I'm having the same > problem. > > iMac G3 266Mhz > > I have to admit that I was surprisingly disappointed in the lack of > information and instruction on this install. No wonder Linux

Re: WLAN WPA(2) in iBook 2.2

2006-06-14 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:32:32 +0200, Tim Teulings wrote: > Hello! > > I own an iBook 2.2 running debian testing and I would like to connect it > per WLAN to my WLAN router using WPA(2) encryption. > > Recent web search suggest that this would be in priciple possible but > the wpasupplicant packag

Re: Trouble copying kernel Wallstreet

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:51:52 -0700, Harold Johnson wrote: > mount /dev/hda10 hfs -t hfs Umm, shouldn't it be the following? mount -t hfs /dev/hda10 hfs Note that this will not work if devfs is in use. I think that's the case for the sarge installer, but not for etch. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

RE: I lost yaboot!

2006-06-11 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On most (but not all) models that use yaboot, you don't need to bother with a LiveCD or d-i to restore a lost yaboot. Just boot with the Option key and yaboot should be an option. A different method can work depending not on the model, but on your partition layout, and that is to zap the PRAM (Cmd-

Re: boot from ethernet with imac g3

2006-06-02 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:23:52 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Before anything can be fetched from the net, the nic must be > recognized. If the installer does not recognize your nic then I would > suspect one of the following: > > A) wrong flavor used: (a initrd that has modules for different cd:s >

Re: Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2006-06-01 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:07:50 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I've been trying to test install the "etch" daily netinst CD on an > oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I can't get off first base because I > can't get the video to co-operate. The beige G3 machines came in two generations that were extern

Re: boot from ethernet with imac g3

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 31 May 2006 20:02:45 +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: > Hello, > > i have found out that putting the net card on another pci slot on my x86 > doesn't lead to instability ;) . > > I think solution isn't that far. I try to explain everything i did and > what happened. > > So far i did the

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 21:22:42 +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: > In data 30/05/2006 13:26 Giulio Canevari ha scritto: >> In data 29/05/2006 17:42 Daniel Gimpelevich ha scritto: >> >>> The CD drive may or may not come back to life >>> after applying this update f

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-31 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 23:51:10 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > I haven't used yaboot myself though (I only have oldworld machines), > and I'm not sure if it does require a repartition to work (which might > be impossible if MacOS cannot be booted from CD). BootX runs as a > normal application, but I do

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-30 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 14:26:43 +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: > I can anyway reopen the imac ( a thing that i really don't like to do > again ), put its hd into my x86 and copying the files ( hfs write seems > to be supported ), then remount the hd and try to install the updates. As I explained off-

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-30 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Tue, 30 May 2006 06:53:16 -0700, Jason Self wrote: > On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So when did they remove USB booting, then? > > Hmm? It hasn't been. Even the Intel Macs of today feature this ability. > > http://www.flick

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 29 May 2006 19:20:22 -0700, Jason Self wrote: > On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That document is mistaken in that regard, AFAICT. > > The Apple-produced document is correct. If you have access to a > slot-loading iMac, connect a USB

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 29 May 2006 10:46:52 -0700, Jason Self wrote: > On 5/29/06, Daniel Gimpelevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Apple has NEVER made ANY machine that could boot from USB. > > That is incorrect. Take, for example, this Apple document which > specifically states tha

Re: imac g3 installation problem

2006-05-29 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 29 May 2006 01:33:24 +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 04:34:33PM +0200, Giulio Canevari wrote: >> Hello, >> >> i have just received as a gift an Imac G3 233 Mhz with 96 mb of ram and >> a 4 GB hd with macos 8.1, where the "monitor" contains the processor and >> so on

Re: SMP PReP (was Re: The powerpc port should be removed from etch release candidates ...)

2006-05-25 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On May 24, 2006, at 9:14 PM, Troy Benjegerdes wrote: On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 05:00:15PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 07:09:08PM -0700, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: On Thu, 04 May 2006 23:41:28 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:52:49AM -0500, Olof

SMP PReP (was Re: The powerpc port should be removed from etch release candidates ...)

2006-05-19 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 04 May 2006 23:41:28 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:52:49AM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote: >> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:12:56PM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote: >> > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 08:41:34AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: >> > > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 04:38:07PM +

Re: [Formac Watchandgo DTV] is it supported on debian?

2006-04-20 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:07:54 +0200, Stefano Melchior wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:23:08PM -0500, vinai wrote: > Dear all, >> [quoted text muted] > using 'lspci' it displays that it has no information about the chipset :( > Very bad! > > SteX Try 'cardctl ident' instead. -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Does Shockware Flash Plugin for Mozilla work on powerpc arch?

2006-03-22 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:04:01 -0500, Mike Small wrote: > On this topic, has anyone tried Gnash? I got an announcement about it > from the FSF early in January (they were asking for more developers, > if anyone's interested), but haven't heard anything about it since. > Is it more or less mature th

Re: Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux

2006-03-21 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:16:43 -0600, kendall14 wrote: > I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux > operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB > HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac > does not boot, it will just

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 6, 2006, at 3:34 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 03:27:40AM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: Ok. But like said, thanks to Piotr, we have a reverse engineered spec of the boot block, and can do a clean-room reimplementation. The spec of the boot-block structure has

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:43 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 02:01:05AM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: We use an alioth project with a svn repo and a mailing list to hold commit logs. We have there two branches, the stable branch which you control, and a more free-working devel

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 6, 2006, at 1:11 AM, Sven Luther wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:45:33AM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: On Mar 5, 2006, at 11:38 PM, Sven Luther wrote: have only now noticed that you have a Debian package for miBoot, and that it is based on a very early release. I have put forth a

Re: Status of miBoot in Debian?

2006-03-06 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mar 5, 2006, at 11:38 PM, Sven Luther wrote: On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 10:42:55PM -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: Please forgive me for trying to start a discussion off any mailing list, but the Debian lists are rather high-traffic for my tastes. I Well, nothing forces you to read it