On Sat, 30 Dec 2017, tom lukeywood wrote: > Hello I am trying to install Debian on my old LCII i found recently > found in an attic and I am currently trying to find an install disk to > use. > > i have found this page: > http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch-m68k/ > > but it cant find anything that looks like a Debian installer floppy > image. > > Where are the floppy images for Debian etch m68k?
Etch was never officially released for m68k. I don't recall any floppy images but Stephen Marenka produced an ISO available here: https://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/m68k/cds/daily/debian-etch-m68k-m68k-netinst.iso The etch-m68k installer does require some kernel parameters. Please see, https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/M68k > also my LC II has 8MB of ram. > Is it reasonably to run Debian etch or should i try Potato instead? > The installation guide says that Potato only requires 5 MB of RAM. Sarge requires 32 MB. This suggests that the Etch installer may not succeed. > thanks in advance. > If I was attempting this, I'd put the swap partition on solid state storage (e.g. SCSI2SD) and fit the maximum RAM and an external CD-ROM drive (or use the hd-media method). A number of Mac device drivers in the old kernel releases are unstable so I recommend you use a recent kernel binary instead: https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mac68k/files/ HTH --
