i started with the redhat based ppc distribution, i installed just the base set + ftp so i could get the tarball over. for this i made a partition of 100M, but it easily fits in 50, i think. installed the tarball on the other partition, installed the new kernel (2.1.115 at that time), installed the new kernel for redhat also. copy quik over to debian (is there a debian package for quik? is there something better than quik?). mounted the debian partition from redhat as /debian. did 'chroot /debian /bin/sh'. run quik on debian. reset whatever needs to be reset so the powerpc will boot off debian next time. rebooted the computer into debian. made the former redhat partition swap space. and that was it. not the most elegant way, but i was dying to have debian on the powerpc.
--alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
