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Re: Installing on PowerMac unsuccessful



* Tobias Welti <twelti@student.ethz.ch>, 2002-01-10 10:28 -0500:
> I'm trying to install Debian 2.2 r3 on my Apple Powerbook 5300cs. I've
> got a free fast internet connection, so I'm trying to boot the powerbook
> with the rescue floppy provided on the net. But there's one big problem:
> The Powerbook refuses to boot from the rescue floppy. The floppy is not
> recognized as a bootable floppy disk. I've tried several different
> floppies with different images, with always the same result.
> 
> I downloaded the first CD and found the boot-disk for macintoshes, which
> will boot, but after the screen has shown the linux logo, it freezes.
> Anyone got an idea how to work around this problem?

NUBUS-machines like PB 5300/1400 are not supported by the standard
kernel. There's a sourceforge-project though featuring a special 2.4
for them, sorry, the exact name of the project slipped me.

A. B.                                  andre DOT berger AT web DOT de

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