First time KDE on an iBook 2.3

I picked up one of the phased-out G3 iBooks and installed woody successfully by using the "Booting from the hard disk" method. (The CD wouldn't boot) I've added all the text-based and command line tools that I like and would now like to try getting KDE running. I've used tasksel to try to

Feedback and thanks

In late 2002, I set up and customized conferencing[1] software on Debian GNU/Linux 3, an old PPC 7600 and with much help from folks on the list, both directly and via the archive. I would like to say a proper thank you. It allowed several classes of students to make and participate in web-b

Comment -Re: Where do I find Woody?

Perhaps the "Debian GNU/Linux on CDs" page could use a link about how to contribute financially directly to the Debian project, complete with instructions for wiring money within Europe and North America. The list of PPC distributors (listed at the "Buy finished Debian CD-ROMs" on http://www.d

syslinux equiv on ppc

What on the PPC architecture corresponds to syslinux on the x86? I've looked at the scripts for bootcd and wonder if it might easily be adapted to the PPC. http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/bootcd.html -Lars

Re: backup methods

I've been trying this on a running system, perhaps that's why tar doesn't work. I guess I could try the restore after booting from a floppy disk instead when using an old world macintosh. However, I'd like to avoid a boot-disk dependent method because the G4 I will eventually use does not hav

Re: Install manual ? 5.3 Booting from floppies

Chris, I do insert the floppy before booting, but it goes unrecognized unless I use the cmd-opt-p-r key combination after the reboot chord. It would be normal to expect it to eject a non-bootable disk, but I've never seen the machine eject the disk except as part of the net install procedure

backup methods

What is the recommended best practice for backing up and restoring an entire server - data, applications and all? I've tried tarring /, the same method I've used for data, but the machine (woody) doesn't boot after I un-tar it. Cheers, -Lars

Re: Install manual - 5.3 Booting from floppies

I've figured out either the answer or a superstitious work around. If this is not "forcing" a boot from floppy, then it might be nice to link to an explanation or explain in the manual itself what is really happening. The 7600 I have won't boot from the floppy unless cmd-opt-p-r (alt-apple-p

Install manual § 5.3 Booting from floppies

Hi, First, what key sequence must one use to force a boot from floppy on an old-world macintosh? (and which of fn/ctrl/alt/"apple") correspond to "cmd" and "opt" Second, it would be really nice to have this information in the installation manual. It could fit in section 5.3 "Booting from

LDAP / kerberos

I've gotten KTH (Heimdal) kerberos up and running on an old world macintosh running woody and would like to begin to integrate LDAP. I've no preference Heimdal or MIT kerberos, which ever integrates better. I would like tips, suggestions, or recommended reading for how to do proceed. So far,

netatalk

I've installed Netatalk on woody today and wonder where failed login attempts are stored. Successful logins end up in /var/log/messages. Cheers, -Lars Jul 30 15:08:23 beta afpd[18204]: ASIP session:548(1) from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:49249 (2) Jul 30 15:08:23 beta afpd[18204]: uams_dhx_pam.c :PAM:

list of packages

I would like to do a fresh install, but record all the packages I currently have. How do I get a clean list of packages without truncated package names and without all the crud that dpkg -l produces? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

Re: Booting from CD on PowerMacintosh 7600/132

Great! That will be good to have in the manual. I see the reference in the mac-fdisk man page, but that's only available once the system is up and running. The man page for the regular fdisk was missing that tip. The machine is up and running now. I also had a bit of difficulty adding a sec

Re: Booting from CD on PowerMacintosh 7600/132

Thanks. It turns out that I need two disks, both boot-floppy-hfs.img and root.bin. I used dd on an i686 after trying other methods. The MakeDebianFloppy script didn't seem to have instructions packed with it so I moved on after 10 minutes of experiments. Perhaps that machine (running OS 9) w

Booting from CD on PowerMacintosh 7600/132

Any suggestion how do I get a PowerMacintosh 7600/132 to boot from CD? Section 5.2 of the installation manual (woody) suggests holding command,option,shift, and delete while starting up. This doesn't seem to work for me. -Lars BTW, on a G4 I've sucesasfully used the latest visible mini-iso