Re: installing Debian on an oldworld Mac.

2006-04-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 05:48:49PM -0800, petereasthope wrote: > Mon, 6 Mar 2006 Vinai Roopcha said, > vr> BootX / Kernel / RAM Disk installer ... > > Yes, that works, up to where it searches for a *.iso. > The mini.iso is on the boot drive and also on the > target drive of the installation.

Re: installing Debian on an oldworld Mac.

2006-04-12 Thread petereasthope
Mon, 6 Mar 2006 Vinai Roopcha said, vr> BootX / Kernel / RAM Disk installer ... Yes, that works, up to where it searches for a *.iso. The mini.iso is on the boot drive and also on the target drive of the installation. Nevertheless the installer complains "... did not find an installer ISO i

Re: installing Debian on an oldworld Mac.

2006-03-21 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 04:51:37PM -0800, petereasthope wrote: > At Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:11:59 -0600 (CST) Vinai said, > > You can use the BootX / Kernel / RAM Disk installer > > Thanks. BootX is working. > > The Installation Manual instructs "Download > linux.bin and ramdisk.image.gz ...". > >

re: installing Debian on an oldworld Mac.

2006-03-21 Thread petereasthope
At Mon, 6 Mar 2006 14:11:59 -0600 (CST) Vinai said, > You can use the BootX / Kernel / RAM Disk installer Thanks. BootX is working. The Installation Manual instructs "Download linux.bin and ramdisk.image.gz ...". Are files "vmlinux" and "boot.img.gz" in /~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/hd-me

Re: installing Debian on an oldworld Mac

2006-03-06 Thread vinai
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, petereasthope wrote: Currently, is there any way to install Debian on an oldworld Mac, other than by CD? You can use the BootX / Kernal / RAM Disk installer option. Worked the last time I tried, which admittedly, was a while ago. But with this and either CD or network, in

installing Debian on an oldworld Mac

2006-03-06 Thread petereasthope
I've just read ten recent messages about support for boot floppies and conclude that I should not expect them to work soon. Currently, is there any way to install Debian on an oldworld Mac, other than by CD? Suggestion If the daily server could have a concise and obvious notice specifying whet