Re: Problem with intallation on a wierd PC/MAC combo
On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 12:34:49PM -0800, Nathan Vegdahl wrote:
> Greets,
> I have neglected to give this info in fear of being rejected, but I
> hope that somone will still help. I have a Macintosh computer... WAIT!
> DON'T STOP READING!!! I'm not an idiot trying to install Debian on a
> Mac, ok? So, my problem is that Debian won't install because it doesn't
> know I have a hard drive, and from it's point of view I don't.
> I believe the reason it can't find my hard drive is because it is
> looking through the computer hardware. My computer is a wierd
> combination of a Mac and a PC.
> The way it works is that it boots up with the Mac, and then you can
> switch "sides" on the computer (side 1: MAC side 2: PC). When you
> switch sides the computer switches which side of the computer has access
> to: the mouse, the monitor, the keyboard, the disk drive, and the CD ROM
> drive.
> The problem is that both of them share the same hard drive!!! The
> way they share it is by the MAC having over all power over the hard
> drive, and the PC uses allocations of the hard drive (called drive
> files) that appear as files on the MAC side so that the Mac side won't
> mess with the stuff on that PC "hard drive". The PC accesses that
> allocation through some loaded TSR program (I think). So when the Linux
> installation program starts (which loads a Kernal) it wipes out that TSR
> and hence it can't find the hard drive. The PC side thinks that it's
> allocation of the hard drive is all the hard drive there is, so it can't
> access things out side of it. I am wondering if there is anyway to
> manually install Debian Linux, because it seems that is my only way out.
> If I could, I'd just buy a real PC computer, but presently I don't
> have the budget to do so.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Nathan Vegdahl
>
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Hmmm...What type of processor does the mac side have? Couldn't you install debian for m68k or linuxppc on it?
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