Re: G4 Debian Install problem
herein lies one of the problems. a g4 doesn't have a floppy drive. i attempted
to make a boot c.d. out of the downloaded iso, but only got a data c.d.
that was readable, but not bootable.
i downloaded the most recent debian c.d. only about a week ago. how would
i discriminate between what i downloaded (potato?) and "woody"?
-- Original Message --
>
>reinstall using woody boot-floppies.
>
>On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 12:16:43PM -0700, Jeffrey C. Long wrote:
>> >> upon boot, yaboot successfully launches and shows me an icon of the
>> >> linux harddrive, but when it is selected, it says it cannot find the
>> >> kernel.
>> >
>> >Are you referring to the graphical boot menu that appears when you hold
>> >down 'option' during boot?
>>
>> yes.
>>
>>
>> >If you boot from the installation disk again and start the installer,
>you
>> >can then switch to the second virtual console (type command-F2 ... or
>was
>> >it the third console?) and get a shell. You can then mount your root
>> >partition and try to see what's wrong.
>>
>> unfortunately this presupposes a bit of linux understanding which i am
>hoping
>> to learn by installing and working on linux. :) it's a circular problem...
>> i need to know how to use it to fix it so i can learn how to use it,
so
>> i can....
>>
>> my knowledge so far does include opening a shell from the installer.
and
>> i assume my redhat linux and linux for dummies books have info on mounting.
>> but would you mind spelling it out (mounting), and what i should look
>for
>> once i've mounted it? thanks.
>>
>> >If you need more specific ideas of where to look, write back.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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>Ethan Benson
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