Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > And how to do this with an prep system or apus or mbx? PReP can boot off some sort of a cd I think. > The easiest way is always to use boot-floppies or for the future also from > cdrom. But powermac can only read hfs, chrp can read msdos, hfs or nt

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> > These two are incompatible! MkLinux uses the old libc, debian/powerpc use > > the > > new libc. > > > huh? what does this have to do with anything? you mount your debian to > be partition from mklinux, untar the base file, copy the appropriate > kernel/modules/fstab files, install quik (from

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> > is not possible, because the /etc/fstab doesn't exist and also for e.p. quik > > doesn't know from where it should boot. > > > huh? maybe i don't understand what you are trying to say, but > untarring to hard disk and starting _is_ possible. i've done twice > now, once on my desktop and once o

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Dan Jacobowitz
Both will hopefully be supported. BootX requires MacOS, and that is good for the occasional user - but bad for the dedicated user. I do NOT want a macos partition on my current drive particularly, and chrp/prep/other assorted rs6000's do not necessarily support macos. Dan On Sat, Oct 17, 1998

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Alex Romosan
Hartmut Koptein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Direkt bootstrapping isn't possible (for hd). Untaring to harddisk and > starting > is not possible, because the /etc/fstab doesn't exist and also for e.p. quik > doesn't know from where it should boot. > > This is different to floppy or ramdisk, we

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Alex Romosan
Hartmut Koptein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > These two are incompatible! MkLinux uses the old libc, debian/powerpc use the > new libc. > huh? what does this have to do with anything? you mount your debian to be partition from mklinux, untar the base file, copy the appropriate kernel/modules/fsta

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> >Direkt bootstrapping isn't possible (for hd). Untaring to harddisk and > >startin > >g > >is not possible, because the /etc/fstab doesn't exist and also for e.p. quik > >doesn't know from where it should boot. > > Once I get it untar'd onto the partition, I can create an /etc/fstab > using an

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-18 Thread Phil Fraering
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hartmut Koptein writes: >> Is it possible to bootstrap into Debian by >> installing (from MkLinux, for example) onto >> a blank partition (say, by untarring a tar >> file)? >Direkt bootstrapping isn't possible (for hd). Untaring to harddisk and startin >g >is not

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-17 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> >> appear to be disk images(?) Is this correct? If so is it just the > >> "base2_1.tgz.2.0.11.4-powerpc" file segmented? If not, are these > >installer > >> images? How would one go about writing these to disk. I haven't > >DLed them > >> yet, so sorry if this is self explanitory once they are DL

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-17 Thread Josh Rankin
you should be able to find a base file on ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/linux/linux-pmac/debian/current/ I might have the path screwed up but that should get you close Josh Rankin -- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: PowerPC Base Files &

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-17 Thread pgf
> >> appear to be disk images(?) Is this correct? If so is it just the >> "base2_1.tgz.2.0.11.4-powerpc" file segmented? If not, are these >installer >> images? How would one go about writing these to disk. I haven't >DLed them >> yet, so sorry if this is self explanitory once they are DLed, but >I

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-17 Thread Brad Midgley
Dan, Do you plan to have the installer (and later Linux) launched via broken firmware or are you incorporating BenH's BootX? I'd advocate the latter if it isn't too distasteful to require that MacOS be supported and installed on the machine. Brad > They're for the use of the (not yet created) i

Re: PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-17 Thread Dan Jacobowitz
On Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 12:24:40PM -0500, Josh Rankin wrote: > base14-1.bin.2.0.11.4-powerpc > > There are 5 of these files in the incoming dir by the looks of them they > appear to be disk images(?) Is this correct? If so is it just the > "base2_1.tgz.2.0.11.4-powerpc" file segmented? If not, are

PowerPC Base Files

1998-10-17 Thread Josh Rankin
base14-1.bin.2.0.11.4-powerpc There are 5 of these files in the incoming dir by the looks of them they appear to be disk images(?) Is this correct? If so is it just the "base2_1.tgz.2.0.11.4-powerpc" file segmented? If not, are these installer images? How would one go about writing these to disk.