Re: Problem installing debian on G3 beige
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 09:58:08PM +0100, Manea Mirko wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 12:27:18PM -0800, Mark Jaroski wrote:
> > When I tried it with my G3 266 I had a lot better luck starting
> > out booting from BootX than with the floppies. Actually I
> > pretty much never turn the machine off, so I haven't gotten
> > around to dealing with quik...
> >
> >
> > You might want to try BootX, assuming you still have MacOS on
> > the machine. I have a working Beige G3 kernel if you want it...
>
> I installed it on a new hard disk.. I have macos on another hd
> which is not installed..
Ahhhh... It only supports two IDE drives...
I had the same problem, so I took out the CD-ROM and replaced it
with a scsi CD-Rom from an older Mac.
Does your machine have a Zip drive by any chance? I really
never had any luck trying to boot from floppies on the Beige G3,
but if we could construct a Mac rescue disk with BootX you'll be
in business very quickly.
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