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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:45:29 -0700 From: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Booting of PPC Installation on PowerPC/Mac impossible? To: Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 03:22:45PM -0700, Chris Baker wrote: > Rainer Dorsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I installed Debian for the PowerMac on a PowerMac 9500. After completing > > the > > installation (dh_bootstrap), I wanted to make the system bootable directly > > from the hard disk, but I learned Quik does not yet work for PowerMac. The > > I > > wanted to make a boot floppy. But making boot floppies is also not yet > > supported by powermac. > > Please keep in mind that debian-powerpc is in sid, i.e. it's not even > polished enough for unstable! With that in mind, let me say that I > have two powermacs running debian 24/7, and it seems quite solid to me > thus far (great work, everyone!). > > While I'm pretty sure (after a lot of research and help from the > lists) that it's possible to install and maintain an oldworld mac > without macos under debian, it's still very difficult. I recommend > that you keep a mac partition with bootx on it while you investigate > the situation for yourself. If you follow debian-powerpc, you would see that it is possible, and supported. It is not, however, in the documentation, because no one has had time to correct that. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
