RE: Boot floppies for a MacSE/30
Just for the record, the Mac SE/30 is supported by
Linux. In fact, the only distribution that I managed
to install and run on my Mac was the Debian
distribution. I just lost the macinstall.tar.gz with
the boot-floppies that would work for the install.
Yes, I know as well that the boot-floppies are a
'misnomer' on the 68k Mac. I need them on my Mac HFS
harddrive partition to install Debian. Olders ones
will do, but the ones on the Potato CD don't work
either due to a kernel problem (which has been
resolved). Now I'm faced with building my own, and I
don't know if this is possible on my PowerMac Debian
Linux.
Thanks for the advice about the other mailing list as
well. I figured I'd go to the source first.
William
--- "Olson, Greger J - CIC-2" <gjolson@bpa.gov> wrote:
> A better list to ask 68k Mac questions on is
> linux-mac68k@mac.linux-m68k.org. Is an SE 30
> even on the list of supported machines? See
> http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/ . If so, follow
> the install instuctions there. Note "Boot floppy"
> is a misnomer on the Mac platform, as the floppy
> is not supported. You need to DL the install files
> to a Mac partition, and boot using "Penguin".
>
> HTH, Greg
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William Crowshaw
> [mailto:wcrowshaw@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:48 AM
> > To: debian-68k@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Boot floppies for a MacSE/30
> >
> >
> > Perhaps this message should go to debian-boot, but
> I
> > thought I would try this mailing list first. I
> would
> > like to install Debian onto my B/W Mac SE/30.
> I've
> > encountered the "bog1: don't know screen type 0"
> error
> > and its apparently an error with the installation
> boot
> > floppies, not the kernel. Apparently, I need to
> make
> > my own installation boot floppies turning off a
> > nolangchooser option. That's about all I know,
> which
> > isn't much. Anyway, does anyone know if I can
> make
> > my own installation boot floppies for my m68k on
> my
> > Debian Potato installed on my Mac PowerPC? Do I
> need
> > cross-compiler (which at this point is not
> available
> > for the PowerPC) to do so?
> >
> > If I can make these boot floppies without build my
> own
> > cross compiler, it would be absolutely GREAT,
> > FANTASTIC, and GENEROUS of you if you could tell
> me
> > how to do so.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > William Crowshaw
> >
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