Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-22 Thread Valentin Podlovchenko
"Benjamin Herrenschmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There are problems caused to IDE probe by some combo drives indeed, > my current tree contains a workaround that should work properly, > please let me know. Unfortunately I don't have time to test some installation booting CD with your latest

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Colin Walters
On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 03:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Potato? Are you sure? The below sounds like woody (which is what you > > should be using). > No, I'm not sure. I installed from iso's obtained from one of the mirrors > at http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ Unfortunately, a great many

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> >Dear developers, > >First, may I ask that you keep me in the cc: in replies in lieu of my >subscribing? Thanks! > >I'm a newbie who enjoys debian and got sick of os x, but am having trouble >installing debian for the first time. I have an iBook 600 MHz (with ATI >rage video card, in case that

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Valentin Podlovchenko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi Valentin, > > > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html > > (I don't remember exactly, but it seems I've made sort of the same steps > > order) > > in this document, you say about UFS partitions: It's not my document I've found it in Internet right after I've

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread gremio
> I have absolutely the same model of iBook and have experienced the same > problems when installed Debian on it. > My solution was to install without using CD-ROM at all making all things > from MacOSX and over the network... You could read > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html > (I don't

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread gremio
> If you're running Debian on powerpc, you'll find this list to be really > useful, so I would subscribe anyways... I hope not to need much help once it's installed... :-) > > I'm a newbie who enjoys debian and got sick of os x, but am having trouble > > installing debian for the first time. I

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Rogério Brito
On Oct 20 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I also have the combo drive, I'm sorry if I said something else. > And I have no trouble booting the machine with a cd in the drive, > which it will happily ignore unless I hold down 'c', as usual. Is > that what you meant by "can't be booted with a CD in

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Valentin Podlovchenko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I also have the combo drive, I'm sorry if I said something else. > And I have no trouble booting the machine with a cd in the drive, > which it will happily ignore unless I hold down 'c', as usual. > Is that what you meant by "can't be booted with a CD in the drive"

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 23:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > First, may I ask that you keep me in the cc: in replies in lieu of my > subscribing? As you wish, but please don't CC me. If you're running Debian on powerpc, you'll find this list to be really useful, so I would subscribe anyways... > I'

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-21 Thread Claas Langbehn
> Some people have reported that some iBooks can't be booted > with a CD in the drive. Perhaps that is also the problem > you're seeing? my iBook2 500 does not thave that problem neither.

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-20 Thread gremio
Hi Roger, I also have the combo drive, I'm sorry if I said something else. And I have no trouble booting the machine with a cd in the drive, which it will happily ignore unless I hold down 'c', as usual. Is that what you meant by "can't be booted with a CD in the drive"? I'm not sure I under

Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-20 Thread Rogério Brito
On Oct 20 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The installer boots fine, but claims I have no hard drive. Some people have reported that some iBooks can't be booted with a CD in the drive. Perhaps that is also the problem you're seeing? In that case, I guess that tryin

iBook install: failing to see hard drive

2002-10-20 Thread gremio
Dear developers, First, may I ask that you keep me in the cc: in replies in lieu of my subscribing? Thanks! I'm a newbie who enjoys debian and got sick of os x, but am having trouble installing debian for the first time. I have an iBook 600 MHz (with ATI rage video card, in case that helps id