PANIC: How to get that boot floppy out!

2001-05-01 Thread Hans Ekbrand
ns or whatever) get that floppy out of my colleagues' computer before she needs it again! Thanks in advance. Hans Ekbrand

Re: Where can I find the ramdisk image for sarge for Old World Macs?

2006-08-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
n't interact at boot time with the bootloader I'm using: quik) -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: XFree86 running too slow in Performa 6500/300.

2006-08-31 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 06:41:09PM +0200, Michael Flaig wrote: > Hi, > > sad thing :-( > > Have you considered running the apps on a more powerful server? > using xdmcp or probably freenx? > ... as a thin client (probably diskless with netboot) My advice too. 32 MB is not usable with modern app

Re: XFree86 running too slow in Performa 6500/300.

2006-09-01 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 03:20:27PM -0700, brian wrote: [...] > he just needs a little RAM > (128 might be good to start), a little patience, > and a good lightweight desktop. > (well a g3 upgrade wouldn't hurt, but it can wait). The OP has already stated that there is no budget for hardware up

kernel-image-2.6.16-2 on oldworld (success with a small change in config)

2006-09-08 Thread Hans Ekbrand
n (at least the ones with IDE-drives). -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: kernel-image-2.6.16-2 on oldworld (success with a small change in config)

2006-09-11 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:32:25PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:20:58PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Hi! > > Hi, please make sure you CC debian-kernel too on issues like this. Bug #366620 is against linux-image-2.6.16-2-powerpc, my post was a foll

Re: kernel-image-2.6.16-2 on oldworld (success with a small change in config)

2006-09-11 Thread Hans Ekbrand
ules seems to be included in the initrd, but perhaps that is not enough. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is f

Re: prematurely deleting kernel packages !?!?!

2006-09-27 Thread Hans Ekbrand
nto the kernel. I have successfully ran a 2.6.18 kernel with the ide disk and ext2 complied into the kernel. Being forced to use custom kernels is of course rather annoying in the long run. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in

Re: bug#390432 - still no boot 2.6.18 here

2006-10-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
1,0)" The miboot-floppies of beta3 (2006-08-04) boots to debian-installer sucessfully with a 2.6.16 kernel and initrd (on cramfs). So 2.6.16 can load the initrd on oldworld macs, even though the official debian kernels > 2.6.15 always has failed on my box (performa 5400, with 24 Mb ram).

Re: Netinstall grief on iMac G5

2007-03-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
the issue, find out what the driver is needed and file a bug-report that the driver is not included in the initrd. > It also says I can manually pick a driver from the /dev directory. On > looking there, I don't see anything that looks like ATA. (re)post this message on debian-boot if yo

debian-powerpc or debian-boot for d-i issues [ was Re: Install 4.0 r0 "Etch" on IBM p5 510 inside LPAR ]

2007-04-20 Thread Hans Ekbrand
if the standard procedures, which Sven mentiones above, were followed. > That was actually all I wanted to say in my previous posting: And > sorry if the words I chose ("Wrong.") weren't as polite as they could > have been ... Pointing O.P to debian-boot and BTS of the d-i (and also the kernel list) as Sven did is not impolite, it's a good advice which enchances chance for O.P. getting help. -- Hans Ekbrand signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Sven Luther

2007-07-23 Thread Hans Ekbrand
whole banning thing has IMO only had negative impacts. > > I vote for this silly ban to get lifted. I agree wholeheartedly with Simon. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian on a PowerBook 1400cs/133

2007-11-19 Thread Hans Ekbrand
e able to boot from Debian CD:s. (Apple have proprietary stuff on their bootable CD:s) PowerBook 1400 has not new-world firmware. http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/ links to a iso-image for installing sarge, I would start there. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: ppc installation issues...

2007-11-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
he expertise on those matters is more likely to be found on the debian-boot list (or possibly debian-user, at least for the upgrading-to-unstable-problem). So, I think it is your own best interest to post on those lists instead. Kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Booting powerbook G3 with Bootx or Quik

2008-01-15 Thread Hans Ekbrand
its initrd instead of the installation kernel + installation initrd. -- Hans Ekbrand signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: FLOSS VOIP Client Software

2008-01-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
's enough for rejecting Skype altogether. Go SIP instead. By using open standards, you don't impose any specific software on your communication partners. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital

Re: Boot Floppies PPC Old World Mac

2008-04-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
this list have more recent experiences of installing (and running) oldworld macs. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Boot Floppies PPC Old World Mac

2008-04-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
k I've ever installed woody from a CD, only directly from the net using the boot floppies. A quick google session returned http://farbror.acc.umu.se/cdimage/archive/images/3.0_r6/powerpc/debian-30r6-powerpc-binary-1.iso -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: Boot Floppies PPC Old World Mac

2008-04-17 Thread Hans Ekbrand
pecial depth settings for colors to work in X. The kernel > was probably v. 2.4.18. The other alternative, a 2.2 kernel, wouldn't > allow USB to work. Sarge had 2.6.8 (and some 2.4 which I don't remeber), the kernel versions you mention implies that you installed wo

Re: Good luck.

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Ekbrand
e should report what one consider as inaproriate behavour from debian admins. Kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RS6000 running CUPS.... parport_pc needs to be motivated

2008-11-21 Thread Hans Ekbrand
server operates great otherwise. > > Could someone explain what I'm doing wrong? Doing that manually is sort of wrong since it can be automatically done at boot-time, if you add a line: parport_pc in /etc/modules Kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
was better in sleeping. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has not been altered on the way to you. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
and perhaps we help each other to narrow down the problem. -- Note that I use Debian version 5.0 Linux sqlserver 2.6.26-1-powerpc #1 Wed Nov 26 15:34:33 CET 2008 ppc GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) Signature generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visi

Re: Suspend to RAM leaves backlight on

2009-01-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 08:30:41AM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:12 +0100 > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 01:59:27PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2009-01-13 20:20:05 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > >

Re: RealPlayer audio streams

2009-01-21 Thread Hans Ekbrand
2.6.26-1-powerpc #1 Sat Jan 10 14:00:38 CET 2009 ppc GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) GPG Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RealPlayer audio streams

2009-01-22 Thread Hans Ekbrand
>> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install mplayer -- Note that I use Debian version 5.0 Linux sqlserver 2.6.26-1-powerpc #1 Sat Jan 10 14:00:38 CET 2009 ppc GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) GPG Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RealPlayer audio streams

2009-01-22 Thread Hans Ekbrand
erver 2.6.26-1-powerpc #1 Sat Jan 10 14:00:38 CET 2009 ppc GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) GPG Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RealPlayer audio streams

2009-01-23 Thread Hans Ekbrand
codecs must have been installed by > the installation process from www.debian-multimedia-org. Thanks for reporting back. It's good to know that my recommendation works. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) GPG Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E sign

Re: Problem with lastfm client on debian ppc linux

2009-01-23 Thread Hans Ekbrand
ent nor the website), I just wanted to point out that there is at least one flash client for powerpc: gnash In addition mplayer can play flash videos. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on

software CPU throttling on powerpc

2009-01-23 Thread Hans Ekbrand
, but I haven't found anything like that. Hardware details, if relevant. cpu : 740/750 temperature : 31-33 C (uncalibrated) clock : 333.30MHz revision: 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202) platform: PowerMac model : iMac,1 -- Hans Ekbrand

Re: software CPU throttling on powerpc

2009-01-23 Thread Hans Ekbrand
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Re: software CPU throttling on powerpc

2009-01-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
. Thanks for giving this info, but using and actually write a kernel module is beyond my capabilities (and time available to get the particular computing task done). > Please forward this message to the list, since i am being censored. Done. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: software CPU throttling on powerpc

2009-01-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:53:00PM +0100, José JORGE wrote: > A Friday 23 January 2009 20:52:37, Hans Ekbrand escreveu: > > I have an imac G3, which I want to use for a computing intensive task. > > I think this computer has a problem with overheating, because when it > >

Re: software CPU throttling on powerpc

2009-01-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 07:55:48PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:30:43AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > > Thanks for giving this info, but using and actually write a kernel > > module is beyond my capabilities (and time available to get the > >

Re: RealPlayer audio streams

2009-01-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:12:09PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Hans Ekbrand [2009-01-22 15:19:14 CET]: > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 02:24:34PM +0100, Bin Zhang wrote: > > > You can use mplayer and mozilla-mplayer (debian packages). You need > > > realmedia codecs.

Re: IBM JS21 Blade and debian-40r6-powerpc-netinst.iso

2009-02-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
isor console. > H0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0 > >o /etc/securetty - add this line to the securetty file: > # Run on the PowerPC Hypervisor console > hvc0 [...] > QUESTION - I assume this is some type of bug... Where can this be posted ? debian-b...@lists

Re: Wifi on a tray loading iMac, is it possible?

2009-02-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
on. > http://zd1211.wiki.sourceforge.net/ > > The speed will be limited to 11 Mbit/s because of the USB 1.1 > interface on those iMacs. Do you have to manually set the rate, or is the driver smart enough to not try rates above 11 Mbit/s? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) Q. What is

Re: Problem: update hell: apt-get gives segmentation fault consistently

2009-02-23 Thread Hans Ekbrand
er-pc specific problem, try posting at debian-user, they have a larger brain pool that might help to solve your problem, Good luck, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

miboot floppies [was Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.]

2005-09-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
16:06 vmlinux.gz pc236:/usr/src/linux-2.6.13-rc6# file vmlinux.gz vmlinux.gz: gzip compressed data, was "vmlinux", from Unix, max compression -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: miboot floppies [was Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.]

2005-09-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:06:44PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:04:25PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote: > > > Note to self: when replacing the zImage on the HFS boot floppy, one has > > &g

Re: getting PowerPC 3400c's attention

2005-09-20 Thread Hans Ekbrand
login? Have you seen: http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes > > I don't know how to get to VT or single user mode. Ctrl-Alt-F1 should give you a VT. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-09-21 Thread Hans Ekbrand
much more for now, before i go ahead and upload > 2.6.12-7 which would include it, and subsequently build debian-installer > images with it. Tested on a Performa 6400/180 Boots nicely! -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels, including 64bit kernels, miboot floppies dropped for now.

2005-09-22 Thread Hans Ekbrand
go ahead and upload > 2.6.12-7 which would include it, and subsequently build debian-installer > images with it. Also boots a Performa 5400/160 -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting

Re: miboot floppies

2005-09-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 03:39:01AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > Hi, Hans. > > On Sep 14 2005, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote: > > > gzip -9 vmlinux > > > hmount /dev/fd0 > > > hcopy vmlinux.gz :zI

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels

2005-09-26 Thread Hans Ekbrand
g miboot floppy that boot a root on HD (no initrd) I assume I must also use the perl script patch-floppy-image.pl to set the "root=" argument to whatever partition the rootfs exists on, right? regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels

2005-09-27 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:06:55AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:59:50PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:54:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > i managed to do a powerpc-miboot flavo

Re: powerpc d-i daily builds reactivated, use 2.6.12 kernels

2005-10-03 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:17:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:00:44AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > Nope, you need the miboot package from p.d.o/~luther/miboot, and its > > > dependencies, and do (taken from the d-i build) : > >

miboot+2.6.12-initrd = success

2005-10-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
4096) quik105.98 (lpj=52992) For rescueing purposes, that doesn't really matter, but I am also interested in trying out / on NFS, and for that purpose, "high" speed would be nice. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint

Re: miboot+2.6.12-initrd = success

2005-10-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 11:44:45AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:51:38AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > I have succeeded in building a 2.6.12 kernel, using the official > > debian kernel-sources, that fits on miboot floppy and does not need > >

miboot+2.6.12+nfsroot = success

2005-10-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
eone tried the image mentioned above. kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # Linux kernel version: 2.6.12 # Sun Oct

Re: miboot+2.6.12+nfsroot = success

2005-10-21 Thread Hans Ekbrand
e hints Brad and Rogério. I'll look into the l2cr thing and report back. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Install on OldWorld

2005-10-27 Thread Hans Ekbrand
2cr cache has been suggested as the problem here, but I haven't had the time to look into that yet. As for daily images, there seems to be successfully built images at: http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/ -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: netboot (not netinstall) kernel with standart console initrd

2005-11-15 Thread Hans Ekbrand
r udev? In the case of devfs you must set the start-devfs-automatically-at-boot in the .config. -- Note that I use Debian version testing/unstable Linux emac140 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Mon Jan 24 03:58:38 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Which Printer?

2005-11-24 Thread Hans Ekbrand
to associate any brands and my opinion about these > with my name... If have opinions on printers that would interesting for anyone willing to by a printer, why not post them anonymously the list? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E

Re: Installing Debian on a RS/6000 Question

2005-11-30 Thread Hans Ekbrand
nice server not able to do his job 192.168.1.20(RS/6000) is NOT a valid ip-address. *EXACTLY* what is the string you use? Should be something like this " boot net:192.168.1.1,vmlinux-2.6.8,192.168.1.20" assuming that the ip of the server is 192.168.1.1 and the kernel i

Re: Powermac G3 graphics card question

2005-11-30 Thread Hans Ekbrand
inux takes over, I think it would have to be programmed with some OF-drivers or something. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure t

Re: Old world 2.6 kernel?

2005-12-02 Thread Hans Ekbrand
em? No. The problem you describe would be the result of booting the 2.6 kernel without the initrd. AFAIK the 2.4 kernel works without initrd. Make certain that the 2.6 is given its initrd. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this m

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
parameter. So if you want to I give some advice on how to configure OF so you won't need to boot via MacOS. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Power Mac G3 beige : Problem with boot

2005-12-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
rom OF, or from the linux kernel? (Looks like an OF error) Is load-base 4000 the default setting? Otherwise, reset to the default setting and try again (my Performa 5400 boots nicely with quik and I only need to set the boot-device parameter). -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <

Re: Can't install, no KBD (G4 Cube)

2005-12-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
I can yaboot into the Debian installer (sarge, 06-mar-2005). Why not try a later version of the debian-installer? At least use the official sarge and not some beta from march. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-05 Thread Hans Ekbrand
=Beige+G3+boot+site%3Adebian.org&btnG=Google+Search This only gives you hints on why quik might not work in this box, (at least all of the links on the first page of this search) but if you read the post carefully you would know that the OP has problem with BootX. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociolog

Re: Can't install, no KBD (G4 Cube)

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 03:21:39PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: > > On Dec 5, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > >Why not try a later version of the debian-installer? At least use the > >official sarge and not some beta from march. > > I thought I was! The one

wrong info on BootX and initrd kernels in installation manual? [was: Re: Debian install on biege G3]

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
Linux Kernels folder, un-choose the ramdisk option, and add a root device corresponding to your installation; e.g. /dev/hda8." Am I missing something here? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
itrd.img Assure yourself that vmlinux (or vmlinux.gz, don't remember) and initrd.img are the new ones and not the ones that will start the installation. the root device should be /dev/ram, but I think that's all. > I'll take you up on your offer of a Quik walkthrough, if

Re: Power Mac G3 beige : Problem with boot

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:44:07PM +0100, Frédéric Massot wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > >On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:53:39PM +0100, Frédéric Massot wrote: > > > >[...] > > > >My problem is to boot directly under Linux, I configured quik, modified > >>O

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 12:15:05PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 10:15:48AM +, David Pead wrote: > > [...] > > > The only option I've had limited success with is the net-install. This > > progesses but falls over after re-start when

Re: Power Mac G3 beige : Problem with boot

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 04:06:58PM +0100, Frédéric Massot wrote: > Hans Ekbrand wrote: > I believe that I will give up the idea of booting with Quik. > > >A. BootX (requires MacOS) > > > > I will test BootX with kernel 2.6 > > >B. miboot (will require a cus

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
e common opinion on this list that quik should be avoided on the biege G3s? I am currently working on modifying parts of the debian-installer guide and this info should be there if it is correct. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment

Suggestions for modifications in debian-installer manual (oldworld specific parts)

2005-12-06 Thread Hans Ekbrand
ernel and initrd from /boot to the MacOS partition before finishing the installer as described in . Within BootX select your new kernel and new initrd. --- end snippet from boot-new.xml --- If there are errors in the text above, speak out now kind regards, -- Han

Re: Can't install, no KBD (G4 Cube)

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
]. But [3] is uninteresting if you want [4]. Perhaps the installaion manual did not provide a clear description of the intended purpose of the netboot images? Etch didn't quite deliver [5] though, you should perhaps report a bug for the keyboard issue. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net)

Re: Can't install, no KBD (G4 Cube)

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
cal harddisk (Filesystem must be readable by the debian-installer, which exludes HFS+) 3. From the net (internet or local debian-mirror) C2: Additional packages 1. From the removable media (CDROM or usb) that started the debian-installer at boot 2. From .iso-file on local harddisk (Filesystem must

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
at vmlinux (or vmlinux.gz, don't remember) and > > initrd.img are the new ones and not the ones that will start the > > installation. > > > > the root device should be /dev/ram, but I think that's all. > > if I can just get these files I think I'm almost there?! Yes! -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Can't install, no KBD (G4 Cube)

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 06:27:03PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:51:41AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: [...] > > That the hd-media installer doesn't support even _ONE_ filesystem > > native to the machine it's intended to run from is absurd. W

Re: Can't install, no KBD (G4 Cube)

2005-12-07 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 02:12:08PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > >> > >>So, yeah, I'd say it doesn't provide a clear description. > > > >Here a draft on the possiblities involved. If my u

Re: BootX, beige G3 and kernel 2.6

2005-12-08 Thread Hans Ekbrand
h some known good kernel, like the official one in sarge (2.6.8), or the one currently in sid (2.14)? I won't send my patches to the installation manual before we can figure out whats wrong here. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange atta

Re: Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-11 Thread Hans Ekbrand
w do I check if the modules are loaded. If not, how can I > load them? Do I have to use something like ctrl,alt F3,4,5 or 6? # lsmod lists the loaded modules # modprobe hfsplus or # modprobe vfat might load the needed modules.> -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
croot it won't work to use /boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc but you would have to use /target/boot/vmlinux-2.6.12-1-powerpc. But would chroot somehow help to get the MacOS partition mounted or not? Is /dev/hda6 specific for the installed system while inside the installer one have to use /de

Re: Successfull! - Debian install on biege G3

2005-12-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
> Also I only found reference to the 'sda' partitions within target/dev. > Any attempt to mount any device in /dev had trouble, only when I chroot did > I get anywhere... OK. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D 4C9C C27E 014F 7C2C 872A 7050 614E Learn about secure email at http://www.gnupg.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-17 Thread Hans Ekbrand
linux device = ata/[EMAIL PROTECTED] partition = 6 root = /dev/hda6 image = /boot/vmlinux initrd = /boot/initrd.img append = "ramdisk_size=8192" label = linux -- -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: problems installing debian on Performa 6400

2005-12-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
> > These instructions may very well be out-of-date, but they are what is on > the website under /current/ This part of the installation manual was never updated for the sarge release. So, try following the instructions in my earlier post in this thread. Kind regards, -- Hans

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 > &

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. > > &

Re: [powerpc-floppies] Help Needed : root.img too big (1489688, should be 1474560).

2006-01-09 Thread Hans Ekbrand
rpc-miboot right now. I will test it before sending patches. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has n

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-10 Thread Hans Ekbrand
X the way to go? I would like to have both MacOS9 and Sarge > on the same machine. It seems reasonable and, like I wrote previously, > it seemed to work the best for my setup. Yes. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signature generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-10 Thread Hans Ekbrand
e kernel and initrd that starts (or is) the debian-installer. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is from

Re: quik 7300 Auto of scan range

2006-01-11 Thread Hans Ekbrand
sound that you interpreted as a successful boot), then (still within the chroot) mount the MacOS partition and copy the kernel + initrd to that partition for use with BootX. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key: 1024D/7050614E Fingerprint: 1408 C8D5 1E7D

Re: quik 7300 Auto of scan range

2006-01-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:48:21AM -0200, Fábio Rabelo wrote: > On 1/11/06, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 05:56:32PM -0200, Fábio Rabelo wrote: > > > But after that, in the first boot within Sarge, my monitor just shows a >

Re: quik 7300 Auto of scan range

2006-01-12 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:56:54PM -0200, Fábio Rabelo wrote: > On 1/12/06, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 07:48:21AM -0200, Fábio Rabelo wrote: > > > On 1/11/06, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On We

Re: quik 7300 Auto of scan range

2006-01-13 Thread Hans Ekbrand
dev /bandit/gc/via-cuda ' write value &W : -&We &W swap - execute ; : P1 4D8 -&We false 548 -&We ; &W FC + ' P1 BLpatch : P2 0C 2 ms ; &W E0 + ' P2 BLpatch device-end -en

Re: quik 7300 Auto of scan range

2006-01-13 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:16:49AM +0100, Mich Lanners wrote: > On 13 Jan, this message from Hans Ekbrand echoed through cyberspace: > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:14:47PM -0200, Fábio Rabelo wrote: > >> > > Well then you might not even have to resolve the display issue, &

Re: Strange behavior

2006-01-13 Thread Hans Ekbrand
gt; > >That seems strange to me, what filesystem is it? The only thing I could > >imagine > >is that the filesystem doesn't support the operation - VFAT? > > > > > Don't no what filesystem, it's an USB-Memory stick. So I think it isn't >

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
el and initrd to that partition: # cp /boot/vmlinux* /boot/initrd* /mnt Now, exit the chroot, and the shell. Cancel the debian-installer and reboot to MacOS. Within BootX choose the kernel and initrd you copied. Try boot into "Linux". Good luck -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-15 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 04:09:51PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > > On Saturday, January 14, 2006, at 06:13 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > > >That sounds nice. I have sent a patch for the problem you (and others) > >have met, but I welcome any enhancements to that p

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:37:33PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > On Sunday, January 15, 2006, at 05:31 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > >It might not be loaded automatically in the chroot, though. Try > > > ># modprobe hfs > > > >and then > > > &g

Re: Installation on Old World Mac 9500

2006-01-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
what to do? If the system boots correctly, then you could use debian-installer as a rescue way into the system, and inspect it from inside, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/01/msg00306.html If it really is a kernel (or initrd) problem, then I would suggest that you try a newer ker

Re: beige g3 - "FIRST DISK" question

2006-01-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
I'm confused what would be the "first disk" if not hdd1? What about /dev/hda instead of /dev/hdd? -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: public key is not available

2006-01-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
-l pgp.net | grep www gives a list of available keyservers. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is from me and

Re: public key is not available

2006-01-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:42:02AM -0800, Paul J. Lucas wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > Well, use the --keyserver option. > > > > $ host -l pgp.net | grep www > > itsy<1># nslookup pgp.net > Server: 206.13.31.12 >

Re: public key is not available

2006-01-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:40:54PM -0800, Paul J. Lucas wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > > > $ host -l pgp.net | grep www > > > > > > itsy<1># nslookup pgp.net > > > Server: 206.13.31.12 > > > Address:

Re: OT: dns zone transfer (was: public key is not available)

2006-01-18 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:53:46PM +0100, Kiko Piris wrote: > On 18/01/2006 at 22:16 +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > pgp.net is not a host, it's a zone. My guess is that your nameserver > > is broken, but I'm no DNS guru. > > > > Here are some of the s

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