Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-19 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:47:07AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 11:24:18PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 11:41:56PM -0800, Tara Athan wrote: > > > I have been using BootX 1.1.3 - this may be (part of ) the difficulty. > > > I tried downloading all ve

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-19 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 11:24:18PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 11:41:56PM -0800, Tara Athan wrote: > > I have been using BootX 1.1.3 - this may be (part of ) the difficulty. > > I tried downloading all versions of BootX, including 1.2.2, burned onto > > a CD, fed into my M

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 11:41:56PM -0800, Tara Athan wrote: > I have been using BootX 1.1.3 - this may be (part of ) the difficulty. > I tried downloading all versions of BootX, including 1.2.2, burned onto > a CD, fed into my Mac and dragged each onto the StuffIt Expander Icon. > The only one tha

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Tara Athan
I have been using BootX 1.1.3 - this may be (part of ) the difficulty. I tried downloading all versions of BootX, including 1.2.2, burned onto a CD, fed into my Mac and dragged each onto the StuffIt Expander Icon. The only one that expands is 1.1.3 Further information: > the installation instru

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 23:11 -0800, Tara Athan wrote: > If I click on Linux, I get a console screen and see some welcome to linux > stuff, but it fails at > VFS: Cannot open root device "" or unknown-block(8,1) > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 11:11:27PM -0800, Tara Athan wrote: > I have been attempting to follow the instructions in > > http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ > > to install debian on my Performa 6400/180. > I have done the following: > 1. created 2 partitions on my hard disk, one with

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/12/05 08:40), Tara Athan wrote: > Clive- thanks for your response, However, Performa 6400 is PCI, not > NuBus. My bad :( I'll go back and reread your post :) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Mike Small
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 02:05:02PM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > I believe this is a nubus machine which won't work with BootX; the good > news is that there is a way to install Debian using the MkLinux booter. > Maybe you are thinking of the 6300? The 6400 is an open firmware machine: http://

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Tara Athan
Clive- thanks for your response, However, Performa 6400 is PCI, not NuBus. Tara Clive Menzies wrote: On (16/12/05 23:11), Tara Athan wrote: I have been attempting to follow the instructions in http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ to install debian on my Performa 64

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/12/05 23:11), Tara Athan wrote: > I have been attempting to follow the instructions in > > http://www.us.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ > > to install debian on my Performa 6400/180. > I have done the following: > 1. created 2 partitions on my hard disk, one with the Mac OS installed,