Re: Unable to install/boot debian from G3(beige) desktop

2004-01-30 Thread Mich Lanners
On 30 Jan, this message from J. MacPhail echoed through cyberspace: > Like many G3 users, I am somewhat resentfully dual booting (with > BootX). Sensible or now, the reason I did not try harder with Quik is > the apparent lack of a way to apply OF patches from within Linux. The > indicated progr

Re: Unable to install/boot debian from G3(beige) desktop

2004-01-30 Thread J. MacPhail
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 05:39:58PM -0800, JT wrote: > Hello compatriots/teachers, > > I'm trying to install debian on a standard Apple PowerMac G3 desktop(233MHz, > internal 4G ATA drive) and I've successfully gotten a network install to the > point where it's time to make the hard drive bootable.

Unable to install/boot debian from G3(beige) desktop

2004-01-29 Thread JT
Hello compatriots/teachers, I'm sorry to burden the list with this question since I'm fairly sure it's been asked before(judging from Google hits on the subject). But after 48 hours of trying, retrying and retrying again, I think I've reached the end of my ability to self help. I'm trying to ins