Powerpc floppy net install
When in the woody installer from floppy on a powermac
7500/G3/500/64ram/cd and doing a network install from the lan, I am
consistently getting the following error:
wget: www.debian.org: Host name lookup failure
Attempting to access the console results in a kernel panic or total
freeze which I must force restart.
The 7500 has two scsi hard drives. The one with mac os 8.6 can connect
to the internet on the lan and to www.debian.org without problem.
I have been unable to finish the installation this way. What could be
the problem with that url if it works on the mac os?
The gateway is a mac G4 and serves the lan via DHCP through a router.
I tried to make a woody CD-RW from the correct iso file on the G4 to
boot the 7500 but it will not boot. That is why I am left with the
floppy install.
How can I fix the host name looukup failure?
Is there any other way I can get debian installed on the 7500
considering that the CD method won't work?
Thanks
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