Re: Installing onto a powerbook for the first time
> > > I started installing Debian onto a powerbook (or any PowerPC hardware
> > > for that matter) for the first time. When I originally set the system
> > > up I predicted that Linux may be on the cards at a later stage and I
> > > split the hard disk into 2, and left roughly half the disk unused. I
> > > started the install and immediately ran into the problem of trying to
> > > get it to boot given I was trying to preserve the Mac OS 9 and X
> > > partitions. So now I'm stuck. Is there any way out without trashing
> > > the existing partition or throwing hardware at it?
> >
> > You haven't given us enough details to be able to help. The system
> > is designed to accommodate your situation, so just saying you're stuck
> > gives us nothing to go on. Have you read the manual in my .sig? What
> > version are you installing? Yada, yada.
>
> I'm sorry. The distribution I am installing is the latest (potato?), and
> the problem I am having with getting it to boot is that I didn't create an
> 800K 'Apple_Bootstrap' partition. The documentation I read says to create
> it before the first Mac OS partition. This is for Yaboot. Is there an
> alternative that the documentation does not describe? Is there another
> way?
you can try using BootX, which loads as an extension from MacOS, then
choosing linux from the dialog. this means launching macos every time you
want to boot debian..
another probelm you might have is that debian (and most unix) requires a swap
partition (virtual memory) to work best, unless you have lots of RAM. im not
sure exactly how to install debian w/out a swap partition.
after this ... you might find it easier to start throwing hardware
nk
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