Re: Please Help - Debian on iBook Install
The problem is that I do not see yaboot prompt, it hangs almost
imediately. Looks like Debian kernel does not like my motherboard with
FireWire or video. BTW, hardware is OK because MacOS 9 runs without any
problems.
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>Pop said CD into drive, and boot with "debian video=ofonly" at the yaboot
>prompt.
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>I have an Apple iBook with FireWire (Summer 2000 model), and it seems I
>run into troube installing Debian.
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>1) Potato 2.2r2 CD#1 could not be used as startup - hangs at the beginning
>with strange video artifacts. Nothing helps.
>
>2) I can install LinuxPPC (Red Hat v7 based) without complete reformatting
>my HD (I have 6 GB MacOS 9 partition and 4 GB unallocated). Is it possible
>to use LinuxPPC partitioning scheme later with Debian? LinuxPPC uses 32 MB
>HFS startup partition to load Linux kernel. I like this more rather
>creating non-editable bootstrap partition.
>
>
>Any help would be apreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.
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