On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 11:20:44AM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > Summary of my stuff below: where is woody base? http://$MIRROR/debian/pool/main/*/* there is no base tarball for woody, its obsolete. the real .debs are fetched via http or ftp (in boot-floppies 3.0.14 or later). > Thanks for the advice. It seems to be clear that I should be using > woody. yes > OK. A dumb question then. How do I get to use woody? My Lombard hasn't > got a floppy drive. boot-floppies don't need a floppy drive, its the debian installation system its used on CDs, floppies and everything else. > My installation procedure attempt so far has been to > 1) use the debian-imac.sit package from an HFS partition to > boot the installer > 2) use woody kernel files etc from an nfs share on my server that won't do you any good, you are just installing potato with a kernel that won't work with potato. > 3) use the base file (potato) from an nfs share on my server. see above. > I guess that 1) is ok? But 2), which uses the woody images still points > to a potato base file for 3). I tried editing the default path on the > installer http download from 'potato' to 'woody', but got a file not > found error. So then I decided to download the only base file I could > find for my local install. throw away all of that. get woody boot-floppies: ftp.kernel.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/powermac get files: linux yaboot drivers.tgz images-1.44/rescue.bin images-1.44/root.bin drop them all at the root of your macos partition create a yaboot.conf and boot yaboot. > Where is woody base? there is no woody base tarball. base tarballs are obsolete. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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