Re: Debian Powerbook install
Brendan J Simon wrote:
> I have just bought a powerbook and am seeing the same errors that you
> saw. ie. "hda: lost interrupt". This must be a kernel issue as I am
> using yaboot to boot the linuxppc cd. I have successfully installed
> debian on a G4. I did this by putting appropriate kernels and ramdisk
> images onto a zip disk and booting from it. I'm not sure if I can do
> something similar with the powerbook. It doesn't have a zip disk or a
> floppy drive, though I do have access to a usb floppy drive at work.
Have you tried "hda=noautotune" as a kernel argument? If you are booting from
yaboot and not bootX, this may be necessary (or atleast a quick fix).
HTH
--Nelson Abramson
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"Apparently if you play the Windows NT CD backwards you hear satanic messages"
"You think that's bad, if you play it forwards it installs Windows NT!"
--orlando
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