Re: Potato boot floppies on Mac getting "invalid compressed format"
How do you link to the Internet via DSL. This sounds interesting! My PC
links via my modem without a hitch and installs all the packages I request
using pon and dselect. But my Mac can't even find the modem port when Linux
is loaded. Are you actually using an internet connection to use the ftp
option with Dselect. Or are you just downloading all the binaries onto your
own drive, and then completeing the installation.?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Knight" <audilvr@speakeasy.org>
To: "Christian T. Steigies" <cts@debian.org>
Cc: "Eric Kurnie" <stuff@kurnie.com>; <debian-68k@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:12 AM
Subject: Re: Potato boot floppies on Mac getting "invalid compressed format"
> "Christian T. Steigies" wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 11:15:29PM -0700, Eric Kurnie wrote:
> > > After searching the archives I found someone else that encountered the
same problem, but nobody followed up with a solution, so I thought I'd ask:
> > >
> > > I tried both the "macinstall.tgz" from
ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-m68k/current/ and
also the 'mac' directory from the same place. In both cases whenever I try
running Penguin-18 with the "linux" kernel supplied I get the following
message:
> > >
> > > GUnzipping Root:install:mac:linux
> > > .
> > > invalid compressed format (err=2)
> > > Error:
> > > Unable to read exec header from kernel file (sread error)
> > Hmm, when I try to boot my amiga with this kernel image, I get:
> > Compressed image too large! Aborting.
> >
> > Is this equivalent to your error code?
> >
> > Seems we have a problem, Michael?
> >
> > I only wonder what all the mac people who tested the install did. Did
you
> > all use a different kernel image? Maybe somebody can build a working
kernel
> > image? Preferably 2.2.10, everything else requires major hacking on the
> > boot-floppies (it might work to use a newer source, but the package must
be
> > named kernel-image_2.2.10-*).
> >
> > Christian
> >
> I didn't bother with the macinstall.tgz file. I just downloaded the
> following files:
>
>
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-m68k/current/mac/Peng
uin-18.hqx
>
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-m68k/current/mac/linu
x
>
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-m68k/current/mac/root
.bin
>
> I then uncompress the Penguin-18.hqx file. Run Penguin-18 and at the
> Kernel tab select linux for the kernel file, root.bin for the Ram Disk
> file, check the Ram Disk checkbox. Go to the Options tab and insert
> root=/dev/ram in the Command Line box. Select the OK button. Hit
> command-B and watch linux boot. I have a DSL link to the Internet so I
> get the rest of the install right from debian.org via http. I don't
> know how well the install works if you don't have working ethernet and a
> fast link to the Internet.
>
> --
> Ray Knight
> audilvr@speakeasy.org
> Debian Potato on Quadra 950 running kernel 2.2.16 with 2 day 2:43 uptime
> Debian Potato on Mac IIci w/ DayStar Turbo '040 running kernel 2.2.16
> with 2 day 2:30 uptime
>
> P.S. I'm running behind on my 2.2.16-m68k testing. I hope to have
> working kernels for Mac, Amiga, and HP9000/300 for download by 2 July.
>
>
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