On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 03:45:46AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if there is any information out there about booting the > potato floppies using open-firmware on a powermac? > > I have a UMAX S900 (clone 9500 motherboard) and I would love to install > debian linux on it. I am able to access the OF prompt through the serial > port from my intel linux box, but I am not sure how to boot the "rescue" > disk. I found the following in the "bootargs file" and it looks like it > got close: > > 0 > setenv boot-device fd:0 ok > > 0 > setenv boot-file /linux load_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram video=keep ok > > 0 > boot unrecognized Client Program formatstate not valid > > ok > > There is not any info yet in the docs about how to do it. I was planning > to do an NFS install of the base and then get the rest from the ftp sites, > after booting from a floppy. Are there any other install methods that > might work better with my system?
Give me a few days - there should be a new installer shortly, if I do not hose my mac the way I did this morning too many times more. Quik is the spawn of the devel. I'm looking into miBoot as a replacement at this point. Ditto yaBoot. Both of these are a wee bit too MacOS dependent right now, but that should be surmountable... Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
