The tg3.ko module isn't on the d-i. They are aware of the problem for several
weeks already, but as usual with debian, it takes time ;)
But also as usual with Debian, you can work around that by putting a tg3.ko on
a usb drive and load it by hand from the command line.
Be careful with kernel vers
Ok, I did the install on the Xserve today. All worked fine, until I tried to
boot the Xserve into Linux. The partitions and file systems are all set up, and
look ok, both from Linux as well as from MacOS. So I don't think the firewire
hd driver messed up. So I still think it's the problem, that
Doesn't really seem to be a powerpc specific problem.
There are gazillions ways to mess up the X starting sequence. And I guess there
is no easy way to get around that.
So just the two basic possibilities you have whenever something goes wrong on a
computer:
1. Start new from scratch, after backi
was done after all.
I can very well imagine that I could have problems if I tried to use another
PowerMac or an iMac or any other 64bit machine as the installation computer.
But as long as the 64bitter is only the target, there won't be a problem (for
me, that is ;) ).
Jan Schukat
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, so I want to know in advance what the rigt device names are.
Many thanks again for the answer. And of course I don't want to prevent you
from looking into device driver problems ;)
Jan Schukat
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Hello.
I want to install a debian on an Xserve G5 via firewire (since I don't have a
serial console). Just made a testrun and installed a debian on my PowerMac from
my iBook via Firewire target disk. And got it working. The biggest problem I
encountered was the yaboot configuration, since the d
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