Re: boot floppies on the mac
> I downloaded rootmac.bin rescuemac.bin macdrivers.tgz base2_2.tgz linuxmac
>
> I renamed macdrivers.tgz and macrescue.bin to drivers.tgz and rescue.bin
> and put on the hfs partition
You'll have to create a particular set of subdirectories on your HFS
partiton:
debian/-+ (base2_2.tgz goes here)
|
+- mac/-+ (drivers.tgz here)
|
+- images-1.44/ (rescue.bin
>
> I set the kernel(penguin 17) to linuxmac and ram disk to rootmac.bin and
> changed
> root=/dev/ram(leaving in place the default options that came with slink
> other then that)
> i booted
> threw me into the installer, went through all the steps fine until install
> kernel and modules stage. Initially i wanted to test the network. It
> could not configure dhcp, and when i mnaually entered the info it still
> didn't work. my theory: the computer didn't have a built in ehternet
> orginally but does have one in the nubus slot #4. I'm guessing that eth0
> doens't look to slot #4. anyway, anyone know how i could check that?
Check the boot messages.
> I went ahead and told the installer to get the stuff from the hfs
> partition, that actually worked without a hitch(1st time that has *ever*
> happened for me on *any* mac system ppc or m68k) Anyway, when it came to
> configuring the modules it listed all the modules, but would give an error
> no matter what module i chose(i have this written down somewhere, but
> right now i have more important things to do, like recovering a crashed
> hard drive on my g3 :/). I think the error was something like root
> doesn't have permsion or is not owner for /lib/<module> or *something like
> that* I'll try to get more details later. Anyway the rest fo the install
That'll be the same error as the one I had with the Atari stuff - we need
a chown -R root.root lib/modules/ here as well, Christian.
I'm amazed that it goes so well on a Q950.
Michael
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