--- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Simon Vallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:59:11 -0800 (PST) > > "Mr. Jan Hearthstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Are there any people who successfully installed > > Debian > > > on 6400/200? > it might be relevant to reference the specific > version > of "Debian" here. i had 3.1/Sarge going ok on my > powerbook3400/180 (same cpu=ppc603ev as 6400) but > troubles with (pre-release, still) 4.0/Etch. > > fyi of the novice, one could show the output of > > "uname -a" or some portion of "dmesg" output as > reference to what specific version you are running > > > > > I did, some time ago, though, and on a 180MHz > model, > > but it shouldn't > > be that much different. > > > > > I finally succeeded in booting using miboot > > floppies > > > (no other kind worked), the drivers copy well, > > it'd > > > seem, but the cdrom doesn't get recognized. > > > > I had to use miboot floppies too at that time, and > > AFAIR the CDROM is a > > SCSI model. It should be supported out of the > box... > > this could also be verified via dmesg. both the > exact type ata vs scsi and whether the system sees > it. > > i take this means you did not install yet you are > just booting in the installer and can't install > since > you can't see the cd ? so you would use shell menu > option in the installer or option-F2 to go into > command mode where you can check uname, dmesg. you > may > have to copy output by hand or take a picture with > a camera of the screen. > > > > > Is there any particular cdrom I should download > > that > > > would work? > > for the time being then i would reccommend sarge/3.1 > the first two cds. > > i heard some people said they could use the woody > installer kernel/ramdisk pair to install sarge. > > you have any macos on there that you verify your > cd drive works as well as your machine can read > the cd on the mac side ? > > > > > I cannot use net install, as I have only a phone > > > jack--how hard would it be to get it replaced > with > > an > > > ethernet card? What should I get to replace the > > phone > > > jack? > > > > Those models have a special "ComSlotII" used to > > plug-in a modem (what > > you currently have) or an Ethernet adapter. If you > > want to use this > > slot, you'll need a special Ethernet card for it > > (and those probably > > only exist in 10Mb/s versions), which you probably > > can find on Ebay or > > similar. My advice would be to use a regular PCI > > Slot and a common (PC) > > Ethernet adapter. > > > > HTH, > > Simon > i have a pci ethernet adapter card made by kingston > that does 10/100 mbs and is compatible with mac os > 8.6-9.2 and debian sarge/etch, but not with macosx. > i found on a local swap list. can also find mac > compatible e/net cards on ebay, for like $15. > > but not all cards work, i think. mine uses the tulip > driver in debian. > > hope this is some help > > brian >
Hearthstone: Dear Brian, I am still trying to boot using miboot floppies: Dmesg says I have an ATA hd. I/O error in sector 2, 4, 6, 0, 2, 4, 6 (in that order). Control and F3 says that insmod: vfat.o: no module by that name found and that modprobe: failed to load module vfat. uname -a says:Linux (none) 2.4.27-powerpc-small #1 Tue May 30 23:57:04 UTC 2006 ppc unknown. Control and F4 says a plenty; what I thought was important was: libc6 doesn't exist hw-detect doesn't exist debconf doesn't exist configure cdrom-detect, status 2 (once it said status 4) Still no cdrom found. Next I try net-install, hoping for a better luck. I am getting a NIC Apple COMM Slot II 10baseT--is there any info on how good this card is for installing Debian? Would a Farallon card be any better? Any more intelligence will be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Hearthstone. WANTED: Programmers for Peace: http://www.modelearth.org/bodhiprog.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
