Re: performa 6400/200 - installation doesn't recognize cdrom
--- brian <cymraegish@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Simon Vallet <debian-ppc_user@castalie.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:59:11 -0800 (PST)
> > "Mr. Jan Hearthstone" <hearthstone11@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Are there any people who successfully installed
> > Debian
> > > on 6400/200?
> it might be relevant to reference the specific
> version
> of "Debian" here. i had 3.1/Sarge going ok on my
> powerbook3400/180 (same cpu=ppc603ev as 6400) but
> troubles with (pre-release, still) 4.0/Etch.
>
> fyi of the novice, one could show the output of
>
> "uname -a" or some portion of "dmesg" output as
> reference to what specific version you are running
>
> >
> > I did, some time ago, though, and on a 180MHz
> model,
> > but it shouldn't
> > be that much different.
> >
> > > I finally succeeded in booting using miboot
> > floppies
> > > (no other kind worked), the drivers copy well,
> > it'd
> > > seem, but the cdrom doesn't get recognized.
> >
> > I had to use miboot floppies too at that time, and
> > AFAIR the CDROM is a
> > SCSI model. It should be supported out of the
> box...
>
> this could also be verified via dmesg. both the
> exact type ata vs scsi and whether the system sees
> it.
>
> i take this means you did not install yet you are
> just booting in the installer and can't install
> since
> you can't see the cd ? so you would use shell menu
> option in the installer or option-F2 to go into
> command mode where you can check uname, dmesg. you
> may
> have to copy output by hand or take a picture with
> a camera of the screen.
> >
> > > Is there any particular cdrom I should download
> > that
> > > would work?
>
> for the time being then i would reccommend sarge/3.1
> the first two cds.
>
> i heard some people said they could use the woody
> installer kernel/ramdisk pair to install sarge.
>
> you have any macos on there that you verify your
> cd drive works as well as your machine can read
> the cd on the mac side ?
> >
> > > I cannot use net install, as I have only a phone
> > > jack--how hard would it be to get it replaced
> with
> > an
> > > ethernet card? What should I get to replace the
> > phone
> > > jack?
> >
> > Those models have a special "ComSlotII" used to
> > plug-in a modem (what
> > you currently have) or an Ethernet adapter. If you
> > want to use this
> > slot, you'll need a special Ethernet card for it
> > (and those probably
> > only exist in 10Mb/s versions), which you probably
> > can find on Ebay or
> > similar. My advice would be to use a regular PCI
> > Slot and a common (PC)
> > Ethernet adapter.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Simon
> i have a pci ethernet adapter card made by kingston
> that does 10/100 mbs and is compatible with mac os
> 8.6-9.2 and debian sarge/etch, but not with macosx.
> i found on a local swap list. can also find mac
> compatible e/net cards on ebay, for like $15.
>
> but not all cards work, i think. mine uses the tulip
> driver in debian.
>
> hope this is some help
>
> brian
>
Hearthstone:
Dear Brian,
I am still trying to boot using miboot floppies:
Dmesg says I have an ATA hd.
I/O error in sector 2, 4, 6, 0, 2, 4, 6 (in that
order).
Control and F3 says that insmod: vfat.o: no module by
that name found
and that
modprobe: failed to load module vfat.
uname -a says:Linux (none) 2.4.27-powerpc-small #1 Tue
May 30 23:57:04 UTC 2006 ppc unknown.
Control and F4 says a plenty; what I thought was
important was:
libc6 doesn't exist
hw-detect doesn't exist
debconf doesn't exist
configure cdrom-detect, status 2 (once it said status
4)
Still no cdrom found.
Next I try net-install, hoping for a better luck.
I am getting a NIC Apple COMM Slot II 10baseT--is
there any info on how good this card is for installing
Debian?
Would a Farallon card be any better?
Any more intelligence will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Hearthstone.
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