Re: linuxppc install
Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:00:11AM -0300, Luis Alves Ferreira Filho wrote:
> > Ooopps!
> > I can read "Debian GNU/Linux non-US packages" at the top of
> > README.non-US file. And all the references, install manuals, etc I could
> > actually find in the Web were locate @debian site. And there is a folder
> > named with the kernel version (i guess) that reads like "
> > dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.23-2001-04-15".
>
> OK, so we're talking debian potato, not linuxppc. That is not the
> kernel version, but the version number of the boot-floppies package.
>
> > I could start automatically the installer from the floppy disk, but the
> > installation stucks asking for a driver disk. It says this is driver
> > disk 1 of # from set "x". I need driver disk from set <blank>. It's not
> > an exactly reproduction of the warning message, but it gives a taste of
> > it: it knows that the disk i inserted belongs to a <named> set, but does
> > not know the set name it wants. And i tried every driver disk in the CD,
> > and they were all refused.
>
> There should be a drivers.tgz file in the disks-powerpc/current/powermac.
> That file can be used by the installer instead of the driver floppy set.
>
> After booting from the floppy, and selecting Install Kernel and Modules,
> which method are you using to install? Since you have a CD, you should
> select CD-ROM rather than floppy. It should find all the files it needs
> automatically. Same for the Base Installation later.
>
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