> If you're running Debian on powerpc, you'll find this list to be really > useful, so I would subscribe anyways... I hope not to need much help once it's installed... :-)
> > I'm a newbie who enjoys debian and got sick of os x, but am having trouble > > installing debian for the first time. I have an iBook 600 MHz (with ATI > > rage video card, in case that helps identify the model), and a brand new > > set of stable potato powerpc disks, > > Potato? Are you sure? The below sounds like woody (which is what you > should be using). No, I'm not sure. I installed from iso's obtained from one of the mirrors at http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > > and have tried booting with the > > 'install', 'install24', and 'install24-safe' options (uname says > > 2.4.18-newpmac), which all result in the same behavior: > > > > The installer boots fine, but claims I have no hard drive. > > What linux image are you using? If you're using a custom linux image, > you MUST disable devfs. Otherwise the installer won't see your hard > disk, which is the symptoms you describe. nothing custom. Everything was for stable. How do I check if devfs is enabled and/or disable it? should I go to google for this question instead of asking? :-) > You should use the official linux image from here: > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/new-powermac/linux.bin I'm not sure how to make use of this. Again, apologies, I am a newbie. It looks like I should either make floppies (not an option) from that directory, or else burn all of it onto a cd and somehow make that bootable, but I've very little experience to go with here. > > IN from bad port cfc at c00f5598 > I think this is "normal". okay, thanks. > BTW, Have you actually tried booting from an official CD image? Yes, or at least I hope what I got was an official CD image. I found it by going for "stable" cd's via http. I'm not sure anymore where I got the impression that there was a spud involved. Thanks, Gremio -- ..------~~~--.__ Gregory Adam Marton / c~\ Graduate Student, Natural Language Understanding / \__ `\ | /~~--__/ /'\ ~~' Gremio @ acm.org mit.edu ai.mit.edu /'/'\ | | |`\ \_ `-,) `-,) `-,) `-,) Podless.
