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Re: I cannot install Potato on a 7600



On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 08:50:23AM +0200, Kovacs I. Zoltan wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> My problem is, that the debian potato boot disks cannot install on my
> mac the distro. There are four disks, the boot disk, the driver-1 disk,
> the rescue floppy and the root image disk. After i make these disks, and
> reboot with the boot floppy, it asks for the root disk, then it starts
> the installer, but cannot recognize my hard disk. I cannot partition my
> HD. It asks for the IP configuration, and wants to install from an nfs
> export on the network. This machine is at home, and i haven't got a
> network there.
> I have experience with debian only on i386 plattform, and i like it, and
> use it every day at work.
> I tried LinuxPPC 2000, it installs fine and runs fine, but i'm a
> "little" confused about the red-hat style system. The linuxPPC can
> recognize my hard disk, and i was able to partition and format it.
> 
> So, I _want_ debian. How can I install?
> 
> Configuration:
> PM 7600/132
> 128MB RAM
> Quantum Atlas V 9.1 GB HDD (with a wide-to narrow adapter)

scsi disk i presume, my guess is the debian kernel is missing the
necessary scsi driver, all it should take is making a new boot disk
with a kernel compiled in with the right driver...  

can you get a dmesg output from both the linuxppc kernel and the
debian kernel?  that would help in confirming this.  

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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