Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-10-25 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 10:17, Sven Luther wrote: > > I'm not sure what the problem with quik is, actually. I've avoided > > using it because it requires messing with Open Firmware. The > > to me, it just doesn't seem worth while spending the time on it > > given that BootX works so well for me.

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-10-25 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 12:30:26AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Monday, September 27, 2004, at 03:13 PM, Sebastiaan Molenaar wrote: > > >On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 05:42, Rick Thomas wrote: > >>Actually, miboot is a fully-fledged bootloader. The only thing it > >>needs is a very small HFS partiti

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-28 Thread Rick Thomas
There is a project to produce a free (as in "no IP encumbrances") version of miboot in a clean-room environment. Contact Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you want to help! Rick

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-28 Thread Rick Thomas
On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, at 03:43 AM, Sebastiaan Molenaar wrote: Hmm, so technically I'm supposed to pay Apple for the use of BootX / miboot ? But in practice, nobody does pay, and Apple doesn't ask. It's easier for all concerned -- especially Apple -- to just ignore the issue and

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-28 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 05:30, Rick Thomas wrote: > The Debian developers use quik (and avoid miboot and BootX) for > reasons of political correctness. BootX and miboot use some binary > code that is lifted verbatim from Apple's boot disks. They are > therefor "not free" of Apple's intellectual p

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-27 Thread Rick Thomas
On Monday, September 27, 2004, at 03:13 PM, Sebastiaan Molenaar wrote: On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 05:42, Rick Thomas wrote: Actually, miboot is a fully-fledged bootloader. The only thing it needs is a very small HFS partition to run out of (just big enough for the initrd image and the compressed k

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-27 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 05:42, Rick Thomas wrote: > Actually, miboot is a fully-fledged bootloader. The only thing it > needs is a very small HFS partition to run out of (just big enough > for the initrd image and the compressed kernel -- plus the miboot > program itself, of course!). It masquer

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-26 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 01:08, Rick Thomas wrote: > >>> For the moment I've got it working with bootX but I would really > >>> like to > >>> get it working with quik. > >>> > >> > >> Unfortunately, that part has never worked for me, either. > Wow, you're doing much better than I am. On the other han

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-25 Thread Rick Thomas
On Saturday, September 25, 2004, at 07:47 PM, Sebastiaan Molenaar wrote: On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 20:08, Rick Thomas wrote: For the moment I've got it working with bootX but I would really like to get it working with quik. Unfortunately, that part has never worked for me, either. For what it'

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-25 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 20:08, Rick Thomas wrote: > > For the moment I've got it working with bootX but I would really > > like to > > get it working with quik. > > > > Unfortunately, that part has never worked for me, either. > > For what it's worth, using BootX isn't so bad. You can fairly > e

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-25 Thread Rick Thomas
On Saturday, September 25, 2004, at 04:47 AM, Sebastiaan Molenaar wrote: For the moment I've got it working with bootX but I would really like to get it working with quik. Unfortunately, that part has never worked for me, either. For what it's worth, using BootX isn't so bad. You can fa

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-25 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Sat, 2004-09-25 at 06:50, Rick Thomas wrote: > I put this aside when I first received it to answer later, then got > busy and forgot to answer! I apologize! > > Did you figure out how to solve your problem? If not, please reply > and I'll try to help. > > For the moment I have macos instal

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-25 Thread Rick Thomas
Sebastian, I put this aside when I first received it to answer later, then got busy and forgot to answer! I apologize! Did you figure out how to solve your problem? If not, please reply and I'll try to help. Enjoy! Rick On Saturday, September 18, 2004, at 11:21 AM, Sebastiaan Molenaar

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-19 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 11:36, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > Tnks, then I get the error: > > mount: /dev/hd8 has wrong device number or fs type hfs not supported > > Load the hfsplus module before attempting to mount the partition. Thnks, got it working now. Now the next step, is there any way to get

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-19 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sebastiaan Molenaar writes: > Tnks, then I get the error: > mount: /dev/hd8 has wrong device number or fs type hfs not supported Load the hfsplus module before attempting to mount the partition. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz je pézqbpbe j

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-18 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 16:49, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > That is just the problem, how do I copy the initrd to the macos folder? > > "Execute a shell" from the main installer menu, chroot into your newly > installed system, mount your Mac OS partition, copy the kernel and > initrd over. Tnks, then

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-18 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sebastiaan Molenaar writes: > That is just the problem, how do I copy the initrd to the macos folder? "Execute a shell" from the main installer menu, chroot into your newly installed system, mount your Mac OS partition, copy the kernel and initrd over. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en f

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-18 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 21:29, Christian Leimer wrote: > I dont use BootX. But make sure you have copied the initrd and the vmlinux > to the macos folders and slected the initrd as ramdisk? That is just the problem, how do I copy the initrd to the macos folder? >From macos I can't get to the ext2 pa

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-13 Thread Christian Leimer
dylan wrote: > on 04.9.11 10:17 AM, Sebastiaan Molenaar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] was > reported to have writen: > >> Hi all, >> >> This is starting to drive me crazy by now so I hope someone has got an >> answer. >> I'm trying to install Debian on my Powerbook G3 (wallstreet) >> Base install seems t

Re: install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-13 Thread dylan
on 04.9.11 10:17 AM, Sebastiaan Molenaar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] was reported to have writen: > Hi all, > > This is starting to drive me crazy by now so I hope someone has got an > answer. > I'm trying to install Debian on my Powerbook G3 (wallstreet) > Base install seems to work allright, but I can

install (boot) problem sarge powerbook G3 (wallstreet)

2004-09-11 Thread Sebastiaan Molenaar
Hi all, This is starting to drive me crazy by now so I hope someone has got an answer. I'm trying to install Debian on my Powerbook G3 (wallstreet) Base install seems to work allright, but I can't get the system booted. quik doesn't seem to work, and when I try bootx I get the following message: