On (09/01/06 18:11), Chris Fisichella wrote: > I am on my sixth attempt to install Debian on a Powerbook G3 > (Wallstreet). I am out of ideas. I have OpenFirmware < 3.0, so I tried > the following: > > 1. boot from floppies. four floppies, two different writing methods; I > think my floppy drive is too picky. > > 2. BootX: I could have sworn I downloaded the ramdisk.img.gz file from > Debian, but, now I go back and cannot find it. I made it the farthest > with this method. I got to the point where it asks for the installation > CD, but, then the installer could not find the files rescue.bin and > powermac/drivers.tgz. I could not find these anywhere on the CD, either. > > 3. yaboot. Did not work as the documentation said it would not. > > 4. Quik: I could not figure out how to create a unix partition for this > program to use. I tried the Apple "Linux Home" partition, but that did > not work. I was skeptical that Apple would support Linux anyhow. > > Acutely aware of the patience of the readership, I present the > following questions in decreasing order of importance: > > a) Where do I get the ramdisk.img.gz and linux.bin files BootX is > looking for? The installation CD and the ftp site seem to be pushing > yaboot and floppies. Get BootX from here:
http://penguinppc.org/historical/benh/ It's a while since i did this but it was pretty straight forward and quite a few people have documented the process ... google around, you should find loads. Here's one: http://www.ppcnux.de/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=79 Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]