Re: Desperately need some help installing Debian 2.2 on a PowerBook G3
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 07:49:36PM -0500, Chris Ivanovich wrote:
> I'm asked to choose the path where the Debian archive resides. I
> have no idea which archive it's asking for, but when I leave the
> default choice of /instmnt and select "OK" I get an error message
> stating that this path doesn't contain the directory
> /powermac/images-1.44/rescue.bin. So I assume that I'm looking for
> rescue.bin. (By the way, that file is in
> "dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.16-2000-07-26/powermac/images-1.44/")
>
> So I specify the path to that file (which I've verified under MacOS
> by actually going there). However, when I tell it to "Continue" in
> the Linux installer, the cursor jumps to the end of the line where
> I'm supposed to input the path. I've tried specifying the path
> element by element, both with and without the "/" at the end of each
> element, and get exactly the same results.
>
> So what am I doing wrong?
Um, silly question but... the interface of that dialog is confusing.
Did you try hitting tab until the OK at the bottom of the dialog was
highlighted before hitting enter?
Dan
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