On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 09:58:33PM +0100, Branden Faulls wrote: > I'm attempting to install Debian Woody 3.0 r1 onto a PowerPC 8600/300. > The box currently dual boots OS9 and YellowDogLinux 2.3 using BootX. > > My install process halts after Keyboard Selection, complaining of an > inability to detect any drives. I have found this problem in the > archive and in Google, but cannot find a suitable solution for my box. > > Is there a boot parameter that I can pass to BootX that will indicate > the location of the drive or the drive type? > > Is there likely to be an rc file in my Yellow Dog Installation that I > could grep some working values from? > > Any help is appreciated as I'm keen to work with Debian again instead of > Yellow Dog. YDL chews the furniture and terrorizes the cat.
Must be quite chaotic there. Have you tried installing using the new-powermac flavor? You may just need to add or subtract a video=ofonly argument to get it to boot. It may have better support for hardware. In google someone mentioned a need for the hard disk spinup delay when booting, maybe this is biting you up front too. That goes nvsetenv boot-comand begin ['] boot catch 1000 ms cr again boot If you're booting with BootX, though, I can't imagine how it would help. -- http://Www.TruthAboutWar.org Chris Tillman - Linux Rox -
