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Newbie question about X and powerbooks

Hi. After some playing around I got my powerbook (G4 500) to boot into linux. I'm using the video=ofonly option, and X doesn't seem to work, which I assume is normal (i.e. some kind of text-only driver has been specified). If I don't have a video=something option, or if I use video=aty128fb or

Re: Installing onto a powerbook for the first time

Derrik Pates wrote: On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 08:31:33AM +0100, Hani Jabr wrote: I'm sorry. The distribution I am installing is the latest (potato?), and the problem I am having with getting it to boot is that I didn't create an 800K 'Apple_Bootstrap' partition. The documentation I read

Re: Installing onto a powerbook for the first time

Chris Tillman wrote: On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:53:15PM +0100, Hani Jabr wrote: Dudes, I started installing Debian onto a powerbook (or any PowerPC hardware for that matter) for the first time. When I originally set the system up I predicted that Linux may be on the cards at a later

Installing onto a powerbook for the first time

Dudes, I started installing Debian onto a powerbook (or any PowerPC hardware for that matter) for the first time. When I originally set the system up I predicted that Linux may be on the cards at a later stage and I split the hard disk into 2, and left roughly half the disk unused. I started