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Re: installing woody on PowerMac 6500 w/3c905 PCI NIC



do I have to make the image from a mac computer?
I made the image from my PC running W2K and when I boot my PPC 7100 with the
disk, the linuxppc logo came up, it loaded the disk, and then just froze
there.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
To: "Philip Larkin Waters" <phil@icserv.net>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: installing woody on PowerMac 6500 w/3c905 PCI NIC


> They are on most mirror sites, I imagine.  The ones I used I got from our
> site:
>
>
ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.23-200
2-05-21/powermac/images-1.44/
>
> Allan
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote:
>
> > Where did you get the floppy disk images?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Allan Streib" <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
> > To: "Philip Larkin Waters" <phil@icserv.net>
> > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: installing woody on PowerMac 6500 w/3c905 PCI NIC
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Philip Larkin Waters wrote:
> > >
> > > > How much memory do you have
> > >
> > > 32MB.  I am considering an upgrade but I'll see how it does.
> > >
> > > > how did you get linux on a 6500
> > > > I'm trying on a 7100/80 with no success
> > >
> > > I installed from the floppy disk images.  The NIC problem was actually
was
> > > not a problem after all.  This card is supported by the install kernel
I
> > > was just confused when I did not see it in the module list.  It is
going
> > > OK so far.  It is currently downloading the packages from our local
mirror
> > > -- so it's complete yet my any means.
> > >
> > > Allan
> > >
> > > --
> > > "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
> "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne." -- Chaucer
>



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