Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-30 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 08/29/2012 07:58 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 29, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: I just tried booting a PowerMac G4 with the Wheezy installer image built on 20120826-03:23 (details of where I downloaded it from, etc available on request). The G4 is a 32-bit machine, but it

Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-30 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 29, 2012, at 11:04 PM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: On 08/29/2012 07:58 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: On Aug 29, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: I just tried booting a PowerMac G4 with the Wheezy installer image built on 20120826-03:23 (details of where I downloaded it from, etc

Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-30 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 08/30/2012 03:00 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: Thanks for the explanation. It helps me understand what's going on here. What you say is, of course, technically correct. The problem I'm having is that this is an about-face change from previous practice. Previously, 32-bit was the default,

RE: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-30 Thread Bruno Gallichand
Hey guys, Thanks for the feedback. I’ve done all the tests for proper SCSI termination in all possible ways, even keeping a single disk, and CDROM, and I’m still getting the error below. Worst still. I’ve disconnected the entire SCSI chain cable. And yet, when booting my Woody 3.0

Re: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-30 Thread dale-bresnan
bruno and all; I have a set of install floppys for woody (I think). anyway I just booted the boot and ramdisk floppys on the 7248 and they boot o.k. no scsi problems. and the file systems on the hard disk are detected o.k... if I can find some good 1.4 disks I can make copys and send or