[i'm not subscribed to this list, so, please, reply also by email] I've got a PowerMac 8500/120, and misses the SCSI disk. This is my first powermac, so i've no system no another mac box to build bootable macos media.
But i don't want macos, so i've started to install debian. I've first tried woody, download the first ppc cd, created the boot and roof floppy from boot-floppy-hfs.img and root.bin files. Floppy boot, i can see the floppy icon, then the ``tux under mac'' icon, then the screen goes black. I can imagine that boot progress: the scsi peripheral are enumerated, and the boot floppy are ejected so i can insert the root one. Looking in install manual i've seen that on: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch-install-methods.en.html but i've not found boot-video-ofonly.img image file; googling a bit i've found: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2002/11/msg00212.html and so seems that only early revision of woody have the ``black screen'' bug on boot. But i've just download the boot-floppy-hfs.img from debian official mirrors and problem persist. So i've tried sarge, i've found boot.img and ofonlyboot.img: i've tried both but does not boot. Inspecting with hmount/hls seems that they are hfs formatted with a vmlinuz file within, but there's no system folder/file, so seems really not bootable. The sarge installing manual for this part speek about boot-floppy-hfs.img images, so seems they are not just updated. Please, help me. ;) -- dott. Marco Gaiarin GNUPG Key ID: 240A3D66 Associazione ``La Nostra Famiglia'' http://www.sv.lnf.it/ Polo FVG - Via della Bontà, 7 - 33078 - San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) gaio(at)sv.lnf.it tel +39-0434-842711 fax +39-0434-842797 Grazie, Polonia! http://thankpoland.info/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]