Struggling with RaQ2-Debian
We have been trying all weekend to get the Debian on a RaQ2.
We tried the how-to from Paul's instructions but could never get past net
booting. We have made a much better progress with Mark's how-to, but are
having MAJOR roadblocks at the partitioning section on the Debian Installer.
A couple of questions and what environment we are in, maybe this can answer
why we are having so much trouble.
We are using a Mac OS X Panther 10.3.4 as our desktop machine to reformat
the hard drives, since we don't have any available PC type machines to use.
I do remember reading somewhere that you had to do something different if
the drives had BSD partitions, and since OS X is based on a BSD system could
it be when we format to drives they are in the wrong format? We are using
Apples, Disk Utility tool, it has a Unix Format, but doesn't allow a
selection on the type of *nix format.
Also we tried 15 gig drives, the Raq2 will go from Net Booting to the
selection of NFS, and start to pull down the files from a mirror.
When we place a 40 gig drive it never leaves Net Booting. Is there a limit
on the hard drive? Or could it relate to the above issue/statement?
When we are able to get a download, though we have had mirrors not respond
and we keep hitting retry or will select a different mirror. Do some mirrors
not carry the same versions as other mirrors?
Which version should we really be downloading? Stable - Testing or Unstable?
When we do get a completed mirror download, we don't have the partitioning
tool, or it will not list the hard drive, which leads me back to thinking or
Mac is formatting in a way that the Debian installer will not recognize it?
We also have a fellow Cobalt guru that originally mentioned we try this, as
he would like to get Debian on the RAQ2's, and we offered to help out, since
we run a slew of X86 Debian servers here without any issue, in fact we are
always bragging about the stability and ease of using apt-get. He is also
attempting but can't get a mirror to download, though he is behind a
firewall though when he does a regular Debian BF4 install they work fine.
We are on a public side for this RaQ2 install.
I have read as much as I can, as well as have re-read the archives, and
still am at a loss on what we are missing.
If any of the MIPS gurus on the list could toss anything for us to try I
would be happy to attempt.
Waiting and struggling...
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