Re: Trying to install on oldworld powermac
On (16/01/04 23:11), Fraser Campbell wrote:
> I'm trying to install Debian (woody, sid or sarge) on a beige G3 powermac. I
> know next to nothing about the hardware and that's leading me into trouble.
> So much to learn ... I've been using Linux for almost 11 years, on PCs, Suns,
> Cobalts, embedded devices, etc. Now with a Mac in front of me I feel like an
> idiot ;-)
>
> I did get woody's installer up and running from BootX but I want to get rid of
> MacOS entirely. My understanding is that I should be able to use the Quik
> bootloader, bypassing the need for MacOS/BootX.
Hi Fraser
This may be doable but everything I've read suggests that it is not easy.
I have just installed sid on a G3 using BootX and wanted to upgrade the
kernel etc. I've researched and it would seem that the only person
who's managed to get quik to boot on a G3 is Michel Lanners (there are
some posts in the archive). If you crack it your notes
will be welcomed by me and many others I suspect ..... Good luck
Clive
>
> I was following the instructions at
> http://mfdh.ca/apple/debian_on_oldworld_mac.html and the system isn't booting
> from floppy. Now I have a few problems:
>
> - I can just make out that open firmware is onscreen when I boot but
> unfortunately I cannot read anything else. My monitor displays about 6
> copies of openfirware screen in narrow vertical bands, there's some shake
> and it's too fuzzy to understand any of the output.
>
> - I can no longer get into MacOS, which I need to do to (easily) reprogram
> openfirmware
>
> The monitor is a 20" Mediascan 7A ... any ideas why openfirmware isn't
> displaying correctly?
>
> On the URL mentioned I see this paragraph:
>
> " If you see only a black screen, your system doesn't like the output-device
> you've specified. In this case, force-reboot (Command-Control-I/O) and
> immediately zap the PRAM (Command-Option-P-R) for one chime's worth. Release
> the keys and MacOS will load; launch System Disk and start again with a
> different guess at the output-device setting."
>
> So now another problem I have is that I don't know what is the Command key or
> what is the I/O key (or does that mean I & O)? I have a Control key in the
> same place as a PC (lower left), I have an "alt/option" key to the right of
> that and then a blank key to the right of that ... is the blank (3rd from
> left) key the command key?
>
> Elsewhere I've seen it mentioned that holding down C will make you boot from
> cdrom. I have a debian-installer beta2 for powerpc available but it doesn't
> seem to want to boot from that (I'm not sure that it even tries though).
>
> Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated, not being able to clearly see
> openfirmware is the biggest issue right now, if I can get past that then I
> can hopefully figure out the rest.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net> http://www.wehave.net/
> Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux
>
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