Re: Questions about install procedure
I'm attempting install on a Beige G3 desktop with an xrl8 466mhz cpu. It has an
IDE drive, a scsi-2 drive, and a ultra2W on a pci controller. I've been trying
to use BootX, which cant find the livefilesysytem and then drops me into the
Redhat installer which can't find the packages to install. I have this problem
with both the downloaded files from ftp.us.debian.org and also from the LinuxPPC
1999 cd I have. Does any of this have to do with the fact that my cd is not
scsi? And if so how do I adjust either BootX or whatever to allow the installer
to recognize the cd drive (ATAPI)? Thanks for the various replies.
Hahn Rossman
Doug Dawson wrote:
> At 8:39 AM -0800 2/6/00, Hahn Rossman wrote:
>
> > I'm having difficulty with the terse instructions for installing the
> >ppc port of debian. That I found at
> >http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac
> >Is there a more detailed set of instructions for the PPC install
> >somewhere else?!?
> >My specific problem with the above is when attempting to download the
> >file 'linux' rather than downloading it I start to open a very large
> >page of text which is bin hex(?) or some other thing. I suspect that
> >this is a browser problem (I'm using Netscape 4.7 128) but can't seem to
> >change the problem. The other files download fine and wait on my HFS
> >partition for the final one 'linux'...
> >Any help would be most appreciated In particular I would like to find a
> >distribution for the PPC on CD, and also a *much* more detailed set of
> >instructions.
>
> What kind of hardware are you installing on? And with what kind of
> Internet connection?
>
> Try downloading the files using Fetch, if you're running Mac OS, as the
> vast majority of people installing Debian power-mac would be, methinks.
>
> There is no CD at the moment ( that I am aware of, ) for installing on
> the powerpc platform. So you're probably stuck with the net install.
>
> Specific instructions would depend on the install hardware, install-OS,
> whether you're installing using BootX, ancillary network hardware, etc.
>
> I'm going thru this same process myself at the moment, so my
> instructions would be rather tentative ( and are still not fully tested
> by experience, try me in a few days. ) When I get more dogmatic
> about them, I may put them up on my home page.
>
> iDoug ( transitioning from MkLinux to Debian on faster hardware )
> dougdawson@mac.com
>
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