Re: Imac CD install problem
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:37:57PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > You may want to subscribe to the debian-powerpc (or is it debian-ppc?) > mailing list and ask questions there. You're much more likely to hit > someone who's knowledgeable about the iMac platform there. yes indeed, though his problem looks to be a generic install issue rather then a archetecture specific one. > I've been (very very slowly) gathering some information about how to > load Debian on my new iMac DV SE, and have run across a number of issues > that the folks there have been very helpful in trying to track down. > Linux on the PPC platform is a whole new ballgame for me, but it's fun. its certainly rather different, i have some info on the boot setup on my page (see my .sig) www.penguinppc.org is also a good place for distro neutral information. > If you want "seamless" or relatively easy Linux installations on PPC, > the recent reviews of the LinuxPPC distribution have been encouraging. don't believe them. LinuxPPC is the most broken GNU/Linux distribution ever made, and frankly its an embarrassment to the entire movement. sorry but i have spent too much time on irc helping people fix rediculous problems you should (and never do) see in any other distro. > Personally, I will probably continue fighting through trying to get > Debian installed. do so, its WELL worth the effort. > I haven't really gotten very excited about OSX yet, but I do spend some > time in that strange environment these days messing around with it and > seeing what I can break on purpose. I don't think I can stomach their > licensing and strange way they're doing devel on Darwin at Apple and > keeping some of it closed-source, and some open-source. Very odd. OSX is an odd beast, die hard mac users will hate it because it has unix underneath and its not totally hidden (and won't be, i don't think) *nix users will hate it because the *nix layer is limited and broken. people who only know a dabble of *nix and pretty much do everything in windows or macos without any religious attachments to either paradigm will probably like OSX alot, it has just enough *nix for occasional handy uses and the GUI is about even with Windows/GNOME/KDE. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpwLuoI3pzjn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Imac CD install problem
You may want to subscribe to the debian-powerpc (or is it debian-ppc?) mailing list and ask questions there. You're much more likely to hit someone who's knowledgeable about the iMac platform there. I've been (very very slowly) gathering some information about how to load Debian on my new iMac DV SE, and have run across a number of issues that the folks there have been very helpful in trying to track down. Linux on the PPC platform is a whole new ballgame for me, but it's fun. If you want "seamless" or relatively easy Linux installations on PPC, the recent reviews of the LinuxPPC distribution have been encouraging. Personally, I will probably continue fighting through trying to get Debian installed. I haven't really gotten very excited about OSX yet, but I do spend some time in that strange environment these days messing around with it and seeing what I can break on purpose. I don't think I can stomach their licensing and strange way they're doing devel on Darwin at Apple and keeping some of it closed-source, and some open-source. Very odd. On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:47:12PM -0500, Dippy Black wrote: > I am trying to install debian 2.2 from the CD on my Imac DV (slotloading). I > burned the CD myself. It boots okay and enters the install process. > > The problem arises after Install Op System Kernel and Modules. I choose cdrom. > It then says, Please choose path inside the cdrom where the Debian Archive > resides. It defaults to /instmt. Clicking okay it does nothing. I then tried > just listing from root. It then gives me 2 options: list and manual. I try > list > and it reports that it can not find a directory on the cd containing file > rescue.bin. I then try manual and have tried several trees here. the one > that > would seem appropriate is > /dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.16-2000-07-26/powermac/images-1.44/rescue.bin > > This does not seem acceptable either. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if > this has been covered before. I could find nothing at the web site. I tried > IRC > and there was no one that could help there. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
Re: Imac CD install problem
Probably of little help, but I saw the same problem occur at an install party recently but on an Intel machine. Turned out the problem was a CD burned when Potato wasn't stable yet or a wrong ISO-image, we never found out. I popped in my copy of stable Potato and it worked. Did you burn the CD from an ISO-image? --Hans At 03:47 PM 12/30/00 -0500, Dippy Black wrote: >I am trying to install debian 2.2 from the CD on my Imac DV (slotloading). I >burned the CD myself. It boots okay and enters the install process. > >The problem arises after Install Op System Kernel and Modules. I choose cdrom. >It then says, Please choose path inside the cdrom where the Debian Archive >resides. It defaults to /instmt. Clicking okay it does nothing. I then tried >just listing from root. It then gives me 2 options: list and manual. I try list >and it reports that it can not find a directory on the cd containing file >rescue.bin. I then try manual and have tried several trees here. the one that >would seem appropriate is >/dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.16-2000-07-26/powermac/images-1.44/res cue.bin > >This does not seem acceptable either. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if >this has been covered before. I could find nothing at the web site. I tried IRC >and there was no one that could help there. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- It's nice to be liked, but better by far to get paid -- Liz Phair
Imac CD install problem
I am trying to install debian 2.2 from the CD on my Imac DV (slotloading). I burned the CD myself. It boots okay and enters the install process. The problem arises after Install Op System Kernel and Modules. I choose cdrom. It then says, Please choose path inside the cdrom where the Debian Archive resides. It defaults to /instmt. Clicking okay it does nothing. I then tried just listing from root. It then gives me 2 options: list and manual. I try list and it reports that it can not find a directory on the cd containing file rescue.bin. I then try manual and have tried several trees here. the one that would seem appropriate is /dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.16-2000-07-26/powermac/images-1.44/rescue.bin This does not seem acceptable either. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if this has been covered before. I could find nothing at the web site. I tried IRC and there was no one that could help there.
