Re: Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-15 Thread Lee Dunbar
Sanjay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Lee Dunbar wrote: > > > > I have a PMac 7500/100, currently running MacOS 8.1. > > *Someday* it will run Potato. > > With your help. > > is your 7500 a NuBus machine (I forget which were)? > if so you need to get MkLinux an

Re: Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-13 Thread dunbar
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Chris Tillman wrote: >>On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 12:05:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Not interested in saving MacOS; I said that already. >> >>I missed that. >> >>> >>you want with Drive Setup, and leave one partition for the Debian >>> >>installer to chew up later.

Re: Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 12:05:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not interested in saving MacOS; I said that already. I missed that. > >>you want with Drive Setup, and leave one partition for the Debian > >>installer to chew up later. This is covered in the installation > >>manual, though th

Re: Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-09 Thread Paolo Redaelli
On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 02:52, Chris Tillman wrote: > The linux kernel can't deal with HFS+. BTW, 8.1 does not force HFS+, > it might just suggest it, but all MacOS's thru 9.1 live happily on > HFS. But anyway that shouldn't affect your installation, you'll be > getting your install files from the CD

Re: Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-08 Thread Chris Tillman
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 06:48:44AM -0800, Lee Dunbar wrote: > I have a PMac 7500/100, currently running MacOS 8.1. > *Someday* it will run Potato. > With your help. > > I can't quite figure out how to boot the PMac. > Well, what I really mean is I can't boot it with Debian stuff, because > I can b

Re: Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-08 Thread Paolo Redaelli
On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 15:48, Lee Dunbar wrote: > I have a PMac 7500/100, currently running MacOS 8.1. > *Someday* it will run Potato. > With your help. Just a little suggestion. Forgot Potato. Find a friend who uses Linux and make him install Woody (Debian 3). Or try installing Mandrake. pgpynlS

Newbie, I'm checking some things out

2002-02-08 Thread Lee Dunbar
I have a PMac 7500/100, currently running MacOS 8.1. *Someday* it will run Potato. With your help. I can't quite figure out how to boot the PMac. Well, what I really mean is I can't boot it with Debian stuff, because I can boot it other ways. Details: This PMac is base 32 meg system. PPC601 proce