Re: Installing on a beige G3
On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 08:22:46PM -0800, Forrest L Norvell wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 04:24:03PM -0800, Matthew Richardson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to get Debian 3.0r1 running as the only OS on a beige G3. So
> > far, I've gotten through the install process and rebooted....and
> > nothing. On the first reboot, I get an Open Firmware-type screen with
> > the message "Can't open device". Subsequent reboots get the dread
> > floppy-with-question-mark on the screen. I'm pretty sure that it is a
> > problem with Open Firmware and Quik, but not sure how to solve it. I
> > tried the OF patch in the System Disk download to no avail. Also, I
> > found the Quik patch quik-first.b-g3, but am not sure how to apply that
> > patch. If anyone can help a newbie, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Not to be a party pooper, but I don't know of anyone who's
> successfully gotten Debian working with Quik on a beige G3. I tried
> earnestly for about a month a year and a half ago and got nowhere, and
> I've seen several other unsuccessful attempts cross this list since. I
> think you're best off with a small MacOS partition and BootX. Unless
> somebody else has come up with some wizardry since then.
We finally figured out on the list a couple months ago (actually
I think Michel _remembered_) that quik couldn't handle G3, but that
a patch was available. Michel provided the patched quik module that
Forrest mentioned.
--
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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