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Re: possible to install debian on powerbook 5300c?



On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:27:19PM -0500, Katsumi Matsumoto wrote:
> I have an old Mac Powerbook 5300c, on which I'd like to install linux.  
> However, it does not have a CD drive (can't install from CD).  It does not 
> have ethernet port (can't do it over the internet).  It does have a floppy 
> disk drive though.  And it has two pc card slots, and I can presumably 
> have an ethernet connection using a pc card.  But I don't imagine the boot 
> kernel would be supporting such a device for internet installation.

That is a non-PCI bus machine, so you would need a kernel 
and other info from 

http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net

PCMCIA is not supported.

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