Re: Install debian on a iBook with external FireWire hard drive

2003-04-07 Thread Sébastien Maret
Maybe you're trying the wrong partition number. Try dir fw:1,\ to see if that is the case; if so, vary the number until you found the right one (2 or 8 are nice tries). I get: > fw:1,\ method not found ihandle=ffbc8080 phandle=ff974af8 DIR method failed > ok and it's the same thi

Re: Install debian on a iBook with external FireWire hard drive

2003-04-06 Thread Segher Boessenkool
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try to install debian on a iBook. I have an external firewire hard drive on which I want to put debian. I created a HFS+ partition and put the following files: yaboot, yaboot.conf, linux.bin and root.bin. Now I try to boot on this partition. What is the openfirmwire com

Re: Install debian on a iBook with external FireWire hard drive

2003-04-06 Thread Sébastien Maret
Hi, I'm sorry but I'm completely new to debian, and I'm not sure to understand what you say :-) I followed the instructions I found on debian site, and I managed to boot linux on my internal hard drive. Now I want to install debian on my firewire hard drive, but the installer does not see it.

Re: Install debian on a iBook with external FireWire hard drive

2003-04-05 Thread florian
hi! sure about that? i asked the same question some week ago, and i think it was michael who pointed out that it was, if even possible, very hard to do.. ciao! florian On Sam, 2003-04-05 at 13:18, Claas Langbehn wrote: > Hi! > > > You can use the graphical boot menu. > You get it by pressin