RE: Files for BootX

2006-01-19 Thread Dombi, George
now I used mac in the hfs and not hfsplus format to install Mac OS 9.1. Bye for now, George -Original Message- From: Rick Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:42 PM To: Dombi, George Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: File

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-18 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jan 18, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Dombi, George wrote: Also # modprobe hfs doesn't work it also errors. Try "modprobe hfsplus" Rick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-18 Thread Chris Fisichella
On Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Dombi, George wrote: HI Chris, I am trying to do a similar project of loading Debian Sarge on to a Mac 6500 old world powerpc using BootX.  Your serious of discussions has been most supportive.  I have encountered the same problems, but have not yet s

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-18 Thread Dombi, George
Title: Re: Files for BootX HI Chris, I am trying to do a similar project of loading Debian Sarge on to a Mac 6500 old world powerpc using BootX.  Your serious of discussions has been most supportive.  I have encountered the same problems, but have not yet solved them all.  I first tried

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-16 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 10:37:33PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > On Sunday, January 15, 2006, at 05:31 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: [...] > >It might not be loaded automatically in the chroot, though. Try > > > ># modprobe hfs > > > >and then > > > ># mount /dev/hda10 /mnt > > Those commands worke

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-15 Thread Chris Fisichella
On Sunday, January 15, 2006, at 05:31 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: need to be used by BootX to boot my machine. I thought Debian supported hfs volumes. Oh well, I guess not! :) Yes it does! there is a kernel-module for hfs (and even for hfs+). Try # ls -lR /lib/modules/2.6.8*-powerpc/kernel/fs

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-15 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 04:09:51PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > > On Saturday, January 14, 2006, at 06:13 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > > > > >That sounds nice. I have sent a patch for the problem you (and others) > >have met, but I welcome any enhancements to that patch. The bug I > >filed is #3

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-15 Thread Chris Fisichella
On Saturday, January 14, 2006, at 06:13 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote: That sounds nice. I have sent a patch for the problem you (and others) have met, but I welcome any enhancements to that patch. The bug I filed is #344477, available here: http://bugs.debian.org/344477 Oh, good idea! LIke I said

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-14 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:15:42PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > Gentlemen, > > Thank you very much for clearing up the file naming issue for me. Using > vmlinux and initrd.gz is definitely the way to go. I certainly feel > indebted to you all. Perhaps I could help update the fine Debian > P

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-13 Thread Chris Fisichella
Gentlemen, Thank you very much for clearing up the file naming issue for me. Using vmlinux and initrd.gz is definitely the way to go. I certainly feel indebted to you all. Perhaps I could help update the fine Debian PowerPC installation manual if I can ever get this OS booted? Speaking of in

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-10 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 11:29:26AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (09/01/06 18:11), Chris Fisichella wrote: [...] > > 2. BootX: I could have sworn I downloaded the ramdisk.img.gz file from > > Debian, but, now I go back and cannot find it. I made it the farthest > > with this method. I got to

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-10 Thread Hans Ekbrand
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 06:11:31PM -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > Hi, > > I am on my sixth attempt to install Debian on a Powerbook G3 > (Wallstreet). I am out of ideas. I have OpenFirmware < 3.0, so I tried > the following: > > 1. boot from floppies. four floppies, two different writing meth

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-10 Thread Clive Menzies
On (09/01/06 18:11), Chris Fisichella wrote: > I am on my sixth attempt to install Debian on a Powerbook G3 > (Wallstreet). I am out of ideas. I have OpenFirmware < 3.0, so I tried > the following: > > 1. boot from floppies. four floppies, two different writing methods; I > think my floppy driv

Re: Files for BootX

2006-01-09 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 18:11 -0500, Chris Fisichella wrote: > a) Where do I get the ramdisk.img.gz and linux.bin files BootX is > looking for? The installation CD and the ftp site seem to be pushing > yaboot and floppies. > > b) Is BootX the way to go? I would like to have both MacOS9 and Sarge

Files for BootX

2006-01-09 Thread Chris Fisichella
Hi, I am on my sixth attempt to install Debian on a Powerbook G3 (Wallstreet). I am out of ideas. I have OpenFirmware < 3.0, so I tried the following: 1. boot from floppies. four floppies, two different writing methods; I think my floppy drive is too picky. 2. BootX: I could have sworn I d