Re: Problem installing debian on G3 beige
My 7600/132MHz does not boot without BootX
On søndag 7. januar 2001 13:13, Steven Hanley <sjh@svana.org> wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 12:27:40PM +0100, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>> Info for booting is needed, as that is the only topic I had problems with in
>> debian PPC, 2.2r0 was extreme! 2.2r2 is better on new world
>Macs
>
>it is getting better, I believe 2.2r2 has much more complete docs than even
>plain 2.2 had.
>
>> "make the system bootable from the hard drive?" only works on
>new world Macs I think
>
>it actually only works on oldworld macs, and you still have to go in and set
>the OF variabels with nvsetenv, Ethan I believe even mentioned the procedure
>earlier today or so on this list. It is documented to some extent in the
>2.2r2 install docs, as is the procedure for setting up yaboot and ybin for
>new world machines, though I recomend ethan's webpage and the instructions
>there, just to be sure you have the right information (I have not read the
>debian install doc recently)
>
>Old world would involve the make bootable from hard disk (this runs quik
>basically) and than the setting of some variables in Of with
>nvsetenv.
>
>New world involves setting up yaboot and ybin. This is much more reliable,
>however it is of course only available on newworld. I still am trying to
>make my oldworld (7220) boot without bootx.
>
> See You
> Steve
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