At 4:07 pm -0800 31/10/02, Dylan Beaudette wrote: Hi Dylan
howdy-- i would recomend using the newest kernel, Etsushi Kato's mach_kernel + Debian 3.0 installer, to format a partition, and then install the base system via CD or ftp. (i usually use the base install CD, and then upon rebooting install the rest via ftp).
Thanks, I'll give it a try - I've installation withdrawal blues ;-)
i am using a kernel that is one revision older than Estushi's latest, and it seems to work fine: sound, net, video, and the like. the newest one seems to have a few more ethernet drivers built-into it. all in all, i would recomend woody over all other distro's for installing onto an old world pmac. not only is the install farily easy once your figure it out (despite the prevailient complaints...) and the apt based package management makes life oh so easy.
You think apt is preferable to dselect?
there is only one problem that i have been having with woody.. perhaps somone can figure this out... 'apt-get install [package]' seems to alwasy die when run from either an ssh session, or over a consol connected via the serial port. the only time that i am able to use 'apt-get install [package] over ssh is when i am also logged into the main consol. if anyone knows what this is casued by, it would surely save a lot of hassel! i will add your notes tonight if that is ok with you.
No problem ;-) When I've done the next install, I'll send you an updated version.
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