On (16/01/04 23:11), Fraser Campbell wrote: > I'm trying to install Debian (woody, sid or sarge) on a beige G3 powermac. I > know next to nothing about the hardware and that's leading me into trouble. > So much to learn ... I've been using Linux for almost 11 years, on PCs, Suns, > Cobalts, embedded devices, etc. Now with a Mac in front of me I feel like an > idiot ;-) > > I did get woody's installer up and running from BootX but I want to get rid > of > MacOS entirely. My understanding is that I should be able to use the Quik > bootloader, bypassing the need for MacOS/BootX. Hi Fraser
This may be doable but everything I've read suggests that it is not easy. I have just installed sid on a G3 using BootX and wanted to upgrade the kernel etc. I've researched and it would seem that the only person who's managed to get quik to boot on a G3 is Michel Lanners (there are some posts in the archive). If you crack it your notes will be welcomed by me and many others I suspect ..... Good luck Clive > > I was following the instructions at > http://mfdh.ca/apple/debian_on_oldworld_mac.html and the system isn't booting > from floppy. Now I have a few problems: > > - I can just make out that open firmware is onscreen when I boot but > unfortunately I cannot read anything else. My monitor displays about 6 > copies of openfirware screen in narrow vertical bands, there's some shake > and it's too fuzzy to understand any of the output. > > - I can no longer get into MacOS, which I need to do to (easily) reprogram > openfirmware > > The monitor is a 20" Mediascan 7A ... any ideas why openfirmware isn't > displaying correctly? > > On the URL mentioned I see this paragraph: > > " If you see only a black screen, your system doesn't like the > output-device > you've specified. In this case, force-reboot (Command-Control-I/O) and > immediately zap the PRAM (Command-Option-P-R) for one chime's worth. > Release > the keys and MacOS will load; launch System Disk and start again with a > different guess at the output-device setting." > > So now another problem I have is that I don't know what is the Command key or > what is the I/O key (or does that mean I & O)? I have a Control key in the > same place as a PC (lower left), I have an "alt/option" key to the right of > that and then a blank key to the right of that ... is the blank (3rd from > left) key the command key? > > Elsewhere I've seen it mentioned that holding down C will make you boot from > cdrom. I have a debian-installer beta2 for powerpc available but it doesn't > seem to want to boot from that (I'm not sure that it even tries though). > > Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated, not being able to clearly > see > openfirmware is the biggest issue right now, if I can get past that then I > can hopefully figure out the rest. > > Thanks! > -- > Fraser Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.wehave.net/ > Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business
