Re: iBook install: failing to see hard drive
On Sun, 2002-10-20 at 23:47, gremio@ai.mit.edu wrote:
> First, may I ask that you keep me in the cc: in replies in lieu of my
> subscribing?
As you wish, but please don't CC me.
If you're running Debian on powerpc, you'll find this list to be really
useful, so I would subscribe anyways...
> I'm a newbie who enjoys debian and got sick of os x, but am having trouble
> installing debian for the first time. I have an iBook 600 MHz (with ATI
> rage video card, in case that helps identify the model), and a brand new
> set of stable potato powerpc disks,
Potato? Are you sure? The below sounds like woody (which is what you
should be using).
> and have tried booting with the
> 'install', 'install24', and 'install24-safe' options (uname says
> 2.4.18-newpmac), which all result in the same behavior:
>
> The installer boots fine, but claims I have no hard drive.
What linux image are you using? If you're using a custom linux image,
you MUST disable devfs. Otherwise the installer won't see your hard
disk, which is the symptoms you describe.
You should use the official linux image from here:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/new-powermac/linux.bin
> IN from bad port cfc at c00f5598
I think this is "normal".
BTW, Have you actually tried booting from an official CD image?
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