From: simon.raven@sympatico.ca
To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: PowerPC Problem
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:18:59 -0400
On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 18:48:51 +0200, Steve Langdon composed:
> weeks later and I'm still completely stuck. Anyone out there know how
this
> works.
>
> at the "Install Kernel and Modules step" the installer just cant find
the
> right folder / files containing the Linuk kernal
>
> If I select the option 'chose from a list' it doesnt even give me a list
of
> possibilities. This probably means it cant find ANY file system on
either
> CD-ROM drive OR my HFS partition. There are copies of the new-powerpc
> folder on both.
>
> Has anybody else out there had to manually type in the location of the
> folder containing the kernel?
>
> If so, what did you type in?
>
> Is it cos I'm using a German iMac ? (cant beleive it is)
>
> I'm on the point of giving up and donating my house and cute children to
> Bill Gates.
>
>
for some reason or another, whenever i install the basedebs.tgz and
modules, kernel, etc. from hard drive, i found that naming the parition
from which the files are to be installed from is named "debian", i have
no problems at all getting the installer to recognise thar partition as
the /instmnt/ partition. don't ask me why, it just works. the partition
is the HFS partition that'd you be installing from. i dunno what to do
with a cd-rom (never done it that way), but from HDD, i know that works.
it worked both in potato and woody installers.
simon
> >
> >This is in the Install Kernel and Modules step? The critical part is
for
> >it to find a powermac or new-powermac folder, with drivers.tgz and
> >images-1.44 inside, and with rescue.bin inside images-1.44.
> >
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