Re: install "testing" on an 8500 ?
On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 08:30:36AM -0600, vinai wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> I'm about to wipe the Debian install on my 8500. I'm keeping a system
> backup on a separate SCSI drive, but I wanted to see if I could do an
> install, using either BootX + appropriate RAM disk with installer, or
> floppy images (if testing of this software is desired) to see if I can
> created a fully (non Mac OS dependent) bootable system on a SATA disk
> with quik.
>
> I've been following the threads on 8600 and G3 Old World installation
> problems over the last few days. I saw where I could grab floppy disk
> images for testing, but where can I download a RAM disk with the d-i
> installer ?
It is on the second disk (namely root.img), but if you feel like using bootx,
you can just get debian cdrom, and install using install/powerpc/vmlinux and
initrd.gz with bootx.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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