On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:11:02AM -0500, Colin Walters wrote: > Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried the new-powermac installer again, and found it can't mount > > hfs disks. I wonder if busybox code is incompatible with the 2.4 > > kernel on this, or maybe it was because I was trying an ext3 > > install. > > Mmm...I built HFS support as a module in that kernel. Could that have > been the problem? > > > I tried hmount from another partition, but it didn't work because of > > the library reduction. > > If the h* tools use the kernel HFS support at all, and the module > wasn't loaded, this could have been the problem. Or do you know for > sure the library reduction busted the h* tools somehow? >
Dunno. But all the external programs I tried, even shutdown, gave me the same GLIBC_2.0 .so message. I figured it was missing libraries. > Yeah. At least for NewWorld PowerMacs, pretty much no one uses > floppies. > > > I'm sure a bigger-than-floppy-size root.bin could be booted straight > > from the hard disk on powermacs; so you wouldn't really even need to > > shoehorn stuff into an iso. Download and go. > > Yeah. But personally, I don't like the assumption that one already > has an operating system on the machine, or that if there is one that > people know how to use it. Still though, it is generally a practical > assumption to make. Very true. More and more people are buying Apples for the quality, with no intention of using MacOS. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]