help installing Debian using LinuxPPC June '99..

1999-09-22 Thread 'Dread Pirate' Nick Rusnov
Greetings, I was wondering if it is still possible to somehow do a "manual" install from base2_2.tgz using an existing Linux/PPC installation? I tried to follow the minihowto thing, but wasn't terribly sucessful (that is, base2_2.tgz from potato-current) - * dselect wasn't able to configure ev

Re: where is xfree?

1999-09-22 Thread John Whitley
Sergio Brandano writes: > My X still does not work. Then I checked for an update. > I checked all the tree in potato but I could not find > any file, exept the single file xfree86-common_3.3.5-1. > Where is XFree? I noticed that the old xfree stuff vanished a coupled days ago when the Debian X

Re: new kernel

1999-09-22 Thread Matt Porter
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 01:15:13PM +0200, GRAVE Xavier wrote: > I've just recompiled a kernel (2.2.9) for my MVME2301 Board (cross > compilation), and I would like to know how I can use it know. I've tryed > to change the link vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9 in the / directory but > It doesn't se

Re: xfree86-1_3.3.4 now compiles on powerpc, mach64 mess fixed, patch included.

1999-09-22 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 03:23:10PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 07:53:00PM +0200, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > > > And another mistake in the patch, should have waited a bit more before > > > > posting, > > > > but since i was going away, i wanted to make things available. > >

Re: xfree86-1_3.3.4 now compiles on powerpc, mach64 mess fixed, patch included.

1999-09-22 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 07:53:00PM +0200, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > > And another mistake in the patch, should have waited a bit more before > > > posting, > > > but since i was going away, i wanted to make things available. > > > > > > Anyway, the build process breaks again læter, didn't have t

new kernel

1999-09-22 Thread GRAVE Xavier
Hi, I've just recompiled a kernel (2.2.9) for my MVME2301 Board (cross compilation), and I would like to know how I can use it know. I've tryed to change the link vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9 in the / directory but It doesn't seem to function. Do I need to recompile the bootprep.bin file ? xa

Re: Invitation for the 1999 Linux Hacker's Meeting

1999-09-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Sorry for quoting myself, but... read on. Martin Schulze wrote: > This is the official invitation for the the 1999 Linux Hacker Meeting > in Oldenburg (formerly known as m68k Hacker's Meeting[1]). > > Date: 15th + 16th October 1999 > > Location: Oldenburg, University, Wechloy > > Th

Re: RS/6000 SCSI Boot Problem #1

1999-09-22 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Alberto Varesio wrote: > > Hallo, > problem #1 > > I'm trying to install Linux on a 43P 100. > At the moment it is running LinuxPPC R4 with kernel 2.1.125 . > > Now I'm trying to install something newer, I looked at LinuxPPC R5/1999, YDL > CS1.1 and Debian, but I can't ge

Re: xfree86-1_3.3.4 now compiles on powerpc, mach64 mess fixed, patch included.

1999-09-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 03:14:46PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 05:04:58AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > Could you try the 3.3.5 source that was installed yesterday? It built fine > > on sparc (which 3.3.4-2 didn't do). > > Ok, i will download the source, and build it this e