Hi Thank you very much for fast answer Ethan!!
>> After having read a lot of previous posts on this list and some amount of >> documentation, I have to admit that I am quite confused about the >> installation of woody on my TiBook. >> >> In "Re: tiBook(Titanium), Debian install problems (mac-fdisk, 30GB)" I've >> read that the root disk in woody is being corrupt at the moment, when >> written into the 1.44MB image. But, if I want to install from harddisk, >> does this also belong to me? I dont think that there is any 1.44MB >> restriction on my HD (it's been to expensive for such a small amount of >> space ;) ). So I just need to download the kernel, yaboot, yaboot.conf and >> root.bin? > > the problem is root.bin is always 1.44MB doesn't matter whether you > put it on a floppy or not. In this case I'll have to wait till it is fixed? >> I've also read that there is no base system package like in potato (except >> the one Ethan Benson created, but penguin.ppc is down..), and someone told >> me to mirror the base packages on my harddisk, though I don't know which >> packages I have to donwload for this? I don't have a very good dial-up >> connection, so I am not able to donwload mb's of packages just for fun :(. > > you must have a network connection that does not use ppp or pppoe > protocols to install right now. otherwise you must have a > basedebs.tgz. i would make one but penguinppc is homeless atm. Well, I haven't. Seems as I have to install potao and then upgrade or wait for the basedebs. Will installation from harddisk be supported later on? >> Or would it be recommended at the moment to install potato base and then >> dist-upgrade? Michel told me that the woody boot floppies are quite better >> than the potato ones, so I focuesd on installing woody directly. > > they are, but since i stopped working on them they seem to have > decayed and rotted into a mess again. > > potato will work, but you have to do all the bootloader stuff yourself > and be sure you do it correctly, the installer will NOT warn or check > anything for errors. (and EVERYONE seems to screw it up, that why i > like woody boot-floppies, its next to impossible to screw up, it won't > let you). So I am a bit afraid of installing potato! :( After reading this one can say that it is, at the moment, impossible to install woody on a ppc machine? >> BTW: Does there already exist an installation manual for woody like the >> ones for potato? > > yes, its in flux, but its available in the same place as woody > boot-floppies, just like potato. Thank you, found it through your hint! -- Best regards, Andi
