Hi!Thanks for your info. I know the disk works because I've been able to boot a ibook G3. Maybe the problem has something to do with booting a prep machine. This laptop has scsi drives, both cdrom and hard disk. Could this boot problems have something to do with this having scsi drives?
2008/11/20 Chris Bigguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > FWIW I have used both the 4.0r5 multi-arch, 4.0r5 net install, and 4.0r5 > Xfce to install Debian successfully on a Power Mac G4 tower. It takes a few > tricks from the magic bag, but I can confirm that the Debain disks work 'as > advertised'. > All my best - Chris Reich; Rochester, New York > listen to Soundbytes at Soundbytes.org or from iTunes under "Sound Bytes" > > > > --- On Thu, 11/20/08, Pedro Rey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Pedro Rey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Debian on a Thinkpad Power Series 820 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 7:24 AM > > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Debian on a Thinkpad Power Series > > 820 machine PReP > > architecture with a 603e PowerPC processor, with no luck at > > the moment. > > > > So far, I've tried to boot the 4.0_r5 install CD, but > > the laptop hangs while > > booting. It does show the "IBM ThinkPad Power > > Series" logo with audio > > sounds. Then the CD drive starts to work as if it was > > booting from the CD. > > After a while the "Power Series" logo disappears > > from screen... and nothing > > else happens. The drive stops reading and the machine > > hangs. Currently, > > the laptop is running AIX 4.2.1 without any problems. > > > > I've gone through the Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC PReP > > Page, but I haven't been > > able to follow the instructions described. > > > > Could somebody point me info on installing Debian on this > > machine? Or maybe > > info on debugging boot problems with 4.05r install CD? I > > don´t know how to > > get those messages, which I assume it is spitting > > somewhere. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
