RE: Files for BootX

2006-01-19 Thread Dombi, George
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: Files

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

2006-01-18 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

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

2006-01-16 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 worked perfectly.

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

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 #344477,

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

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

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

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 drive is

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 methods; I

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 the

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 on