Re: help can't use the boot-floppies
I installed debian on my 8500/180 by burning the debian cds. I am sure if
this really helps, but I guess you could try booting off the cds.
- David Zhou
dzhou@glue.umd.edu
aim: Lightstatic
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, jan wrote:
> dear list,
>
> I have two 8500/180 PowerPC machine ;)
> One machine has netbsd on it which was very easy to install.
> Now I want debian on the other one. I downloaded the iso-image and tried
> out to make the floppy boot images with dd (on another linux machine)
> because the CD is not a bootable one.
> I took rescue.bin / root.bin / boot.bin , put the floppydisk in the
> drive and then :
>
> boot unrecognized client program format or just : can't boot from device
>
> I also tried to netboot the whole thing but it seems that the bf: file
> is still the wrong one...
> (tftp, bootp stuff is working correctly)
>
> I don't know what I am doing wrong...
>
> (Firmware is 1.0.5)
>
>
>
> thanks for any hints you have
>
>
> Jan
>
>
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