Re: Help installing Debian on an LCII macintosh
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017, tom lukeywood wrote:
> Hello I am trying to install Debian on my old LCII i found recently
> found in an attic and I am currently trying to find an install disk to
> use.
>
> i have found this page:
> http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch-m68k/
>
> but it cant find anything that looks like a Debian installer floppy
> image.
>
> Where are the floppy images for Debian etch m68k?
Etch was never officially released for m68k. I don't recall any floppy
images but Stephen Marenka produced an ISO available here:
https://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/m68k/cds/daily/debian-etch-m68k-m68k-netinst.iso
The etch-m68k installer does require some kernel parameters. Please see,
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/M68k
> also my LC II has 8MB of ram.
> Is it reasonably to run Debian etch or should i try Potato instead?
>
The installation guide says that Potato only requires 5 MB of RAM. Sarge
requires 32 MB. This suggests that the Etch installer may not succeed.
> thanks in advance.
>
If I was attempting this, I'd put the swap partition on solid state
storage (e.g. SCSI2SD) and fit the maximum RAM and an external CD-ROM
drive (or use the hd-media method).
A number of Mac device drivers in the old kernel releases are unstable
so I recommend you use a recent kernel binary instead:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mac68k/files/
HTH
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