Re: debian-68k on two macs

2006-08-31 Thread David Howe
Brian Morris wrote: hi, i have just put Sarge on an old mac performa450 (lcIII), has 36MB ram and 68030 CPU with no FPU. my goal is to get debian installed and running on a powerbook540c. (my experience: i have been running debian for about 6months on two powermacs, both sarge and etch, one is

Re: Please Help Test debian-installer rc1 on m68k

2004-08-10 Thread david howe
> > Okay, so do you think that section 5 is the place for that or section 2 > (installation media)? > my 2c - Section 5 -- --- David Howe www.qednet.biz davidATqednet.biz ---

Re: Please Help Test debian-installer rc1 on m68k

2004-08-10 Thread david howe
david On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 08:57, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 08:49:18AM +1000, david howe wrote: > > A quick perusal of the cd reveals some newbie type problems.. > > > > how do you install onto a mac without the penguin booter (which doesnt > >

Re: Please Help Test debian-installer rc1 on m68k

2004-08-10 Thread david howe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd appreciate it if you'd include m68k in > the subject. > > Thanks, > > Stephen -- --- David Howe www.qednet.biz davidATqednet.biz ---

Re: Mac SE/30 install taking forever

2004-08-01 Thread david howe
ce (like 32MB swap and 4-500 > mb linux partition). > > - Joe -- --- David Howe www.qednet.biz davidATqednet.biz ---

Re: Debian Sarge Installation Manual

2004-07-29 Thread david howe
est free of charge. > > FIXME: Mac needs >= 7.1 ? AmigaOS setpatch and ROM revisions? (see the > m68k FAQ) > > > Thanks, > > Stephen -- --- David Howe www.qednet.biz davidATqednet.biz ---

Re: Floppy drive

2004-05-12 Thread david howe
hmmm my instinct tells me this might be a troll . dunno could be wrong.. d On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 11:00, John Klos wrote: > > I installed a new floppy drive in my HP running windows XP Pro and can't > > get it to read diskettes, the light comes on and it looks like it is > > working but does n

Re: Debian 3.0 on Performa 400 (LC II)

2004-04-08 Thread david howe
I had linux on a 2ci and although my ram situation was a bit more generous (20mb) i still found the installation of packages laborious. It was not uncommon for installs to seemingly remain frozen in time for ages before suddenly springing back to life. I have no explanation as to what caused it, ot

Re: kernel-image-2.4.25

2004-03-15 Thread david howe
After seeing a lot of references to the lack of a 2.4 kernel for 68k mac, I am curious to know what is the background here? Can someone provide a desription of the issues? david On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 19:47, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > Hi, > I uploaded kernel-images 2.4.25 for m68k. They now i

Re: m68k debian-installer call for testers

2004-03-07 Thread david howe
ote: > > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:59:15AM +1100, david howe wrote: > > > Little success here to report. I have not managed to get a 2ci to boot > > > on the images at all (penguin gets to ABCEFGHIJ) and my quadra950 > > > > Did you try booting the IIci with no ex

Re: m68k debian-installer call for testers

2004-03-05 Thread david howe
Little success here to report. I have not managed to get a 2ci to boot on the images at all (penguin gets to ABCEFGHIJ) and my quadra950 reports that their are several instances of EXT2-fs error Wrong free inode count in group 0 (and group1 and superblock) leading to a kernel panic - fails to

Re: can't install base system/cdrom won't mount

2004-02-04 Thread david howe
I have noticed this too, I investigated and found NO /dev/sr0 or /dev/sr1 - makes the link from /dev/cdrom => sr0 a bit hard, glad to see it has been fixed :) david On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:55:38 -0500 Hank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > alan maxwell wrote: > > > trying to install woody on mac 68k

Re: gvp scsi and Seagate ST15150N

2004-02-02 Thread david howe
a quick question is it an Apple rebranded drive? david On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 22:28:10 -0600 Lance Tagliapietra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone else tried using an ST 15150N (4.3G scsi) on a GVP 030 combo > card with Linux m68k? It seems that I'm narrowing what I thought was a >

Re: Installing on Quadra 950

2004-01-15 Thread david howe
Yes there is a bug with the real time clock on a q950. There is a work around - I can't remeber exactly what it is but if you do a google search for rtc and linux and quadra950 you should find the answer. david On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 08:33, Ray Knight wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 17:58, Jason P

q950 rtc grief

2003-10-23 Thread david howe
hi ppls I have a wgs 95 (quadra950) that cannot find the rtc. At boot time it keeps getting stuck trying to find the module char-major-10-135 I have tried the 2.4.1 kernel - it gives an OOPS at a very early stage. the 2.2.5 kernel does no better. I read someone suggested removing the module fro

Re: xserver-xfree86 on Woody 3.0r0

2002-10-23 Thread david howe
Hank didn't bother with his correct reply to address but anyway to address this particular gripe... > By the way, why doesn't Debian have a multiuser run level where you can > still use xdm, gdm, or kdm, etc. and not have to have to log in with the > window manager. This would greatly help out de