Re: Installing Debian on a beige G3 all-in-one
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:00:36AM -0500, Troy Conkright wrote:
> Well, from what I've read in the archives, I realize this is a sadistic
> thing to attempt for my first linux install! Here's the thing: I'm using
> the Debian Boot-Floppy-Hfs.img to install. I downloaded Debian 3.0r1
> and burned them onto disk. First, i can't get a Swap partition created,
> and could use some help with that! What type is it?
I believe the installer just wants a normal Linux partition named "swap".
> Lovely, now quik
> will recognize hda2 and make it bootable, BUT it still won't boot. I've
> tried executing a shell and using the
> nvsetenv boot-device 'ofpath /dev/hda2'
> command, but to no avail. It reboots, and comes up with CAN'T open
> /dev/hda2.
I know the original release of Debian 3.0 came with a verion of quik
that was incompatible with the G3 based boxes. There was a patch
floating around, but it may not have gotten put into the installer.
Perhaps someone else on the list knows more about which version is
used by default.
Brad Boyer
flar@allandria.com
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