Re: Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux
this mac is old enough that it could be booted from one of the old DiskTools floppies from Apple, say 8.0 -- i believe these are free for download. although my computers complain, they will run off these. (actually this one might boot the entire free version of macos7 i wonder this is like the first pci mac...) thus giving a toehold for bootx to boot off debian install cd. problem for him to make alone with only windoz around?? --- Hans Ekbrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:00:41AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 04:16:43PM -0600, kendall14 wrote: I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac does not boot, it will just put a floppy on the screen. I have a CD burner and no floppy drive but once in a while I can use one on a computer that has a cd-rom drive and a floppy drive with windows xp. I need to to use minimum floppies and if at all possible none (doubt) or one floppy. So my question is , what operating system should I use for it and how can do the install? Oldworld macs (and I believe 5500 is oldworld) cannot be booted from the debian-installer CD. So if there is no MacOS present on the HD, you have to A) Install MacOS from CD (that CD can obviously boot the machine) B) Install Debian from floppies. To clarify, do A or B. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signature generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:00:41AM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 04:16:43PM -0600, kendall14 wrote: I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac does not boot, it will just put a floppy on the screen. I have a CD burner and no floppy drive but once in a while I can use one on a computer that has a cd-rom drive and a floppy drive with windows xp. I need to to use minimum floppies and if at all possible none (doubt) or one floppy. So my question is , what operating system should I use for it and how can do the install? Oldworld macs (and I believe 5500 is oldworld) cannot be booted from the debian-installer CD. So if there is no MacOS present on the HD, you have to A) Install MacOS from CD (that CD can obviously boot the machine) B) Install Debian from floppies. To clarify, do A or B. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signature generated by Signify v1.14. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:16:43 -0600, kendall14 wrote: I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac does not boot, it will just put a floppy on the screen. I have a CD burner and no floppy drive but once in a while I can use one on a computer that has a cd-rom drive and a floppy drive with windows xp. I need to to use minimum floppies and if at all possible none (doubt) or one floppy. So my question is , what operating system should I use for it and how can do the install? Please excuse my not CCing you; I hope you read the list. Linux of any kind would of course be a great operating system for you to install on it. I have more or less streamlined a process by which one may install Linux on an old Mac such as yours in exactly the conditions you describe, but it is a rather involved process, and walking someone through it step-by-step over e-mail would be an exercise in futility. Several floppies are usually involved, and an internet connection over the Ethernet on that Mac is a must. Also, the 5500 models bring certain hardware peculiarities to the equation that could cause less-than-optimal operation unless taken care of first, preferably directly by someone who has dealt with the hardware of these models before. In particular, certain intermittent and hard-to-correct problems can be caused by the motherboard not being seated in the case just exactly right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 04:16:43PM -0600, kendall14 wrote: I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac does not boot, it will just put a floppy on the screen. I have a CD burner and no floppy drive but once in a while I can use one on a computer that has a cd-rom drive and a floppy drive with windows xp. I need to to use minimum floppies and if at all possible none (doubt) or one floppy. So my question is , what operating system should I use for it and how can do the install? Oldworld macs (and I believe 5500 is oldworld) cannot be booted from the debian-installer CD. So if there is no MacOS present on the HD, you have to A) Install MacOS from CD (that CD can obviously boot the machine) B) Install Debian from floppies. If you have MacOS installed, you can boot the debian-installer with bootX. In that case you will not need any floppies at all. If you have a working fast internet connection in MacOS, you don't even need a debian-installer CD. Just download the needed files within MacOS (bootX, vmlinux and initrd.gz from the netinst flavour). If you want to install from floppies you will need at least two floppies. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q. What is that strange attachment in this mail? A. My digital signature, see www.gnupg.org for info on how you could use it to ensure that this mail is from me and has not been altered on the way to you. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Boot Mac 5500/225 in Linux
I don't know much about linux or mac but I want to install a linux operating system to a old mac. The system is a mac 5500/225 with a 2GB HDD and all downloading will be done on a windows xp computer. The mac does not boot, it will just put a floppy on the screen. I have a CD burner and no floppy drive but once in a while I can use one on a computer that has a cd-rom drive and a floppy drive with windows xp. I need to to use minimum floppies and if at all possible none (doubt) or one floppy. So my question is , what operating system should I use for it and how can do the install?
