On Friday 07 May 2004 00:54, Darren wrote: > Adrian McMenamin wrote: > > On Friday 07 May 2004 00:04, Darren wrote:
> >>for use in sheepshaver. ;) > > > > That's obviously some Austrailian slang I just don't get! > > Would that be the whole or some part? Excuse the poor editing to break > it down for you, I cant type any slower. ;) > "Sheepshaver" > > Thanks for the reply. I hate being stuck with a 2.2 kernel and that's all > > the floppy based boot allows me - no ext3 etc. > > I dont understand what went wrong with makeing a small MacOS partition > and then copying the system folder from the floppy to then make the > mac boot. Add the cd extension and bootx and you should be fine. The > only thing you may need is the rom file. MacOS cd's from OS8.6 > included a rom file, god knows why, I noticed the ppc linux cd > includes a rom file in its system folder which is why I get a little > penguin sitting in front of a compact as the startup icon rather than > this macs usual 2d front veiw of a compact or a happy mac > Are you saying the CD is bootable? The problem I had was that while the method you'd suggested before did appear to make the CD's readable, everytime I clicked on something to run it I was told something like "too many files are open" and then I would start to get messages about how the CD extensions had failed. The Debian install worked flawlessly except for the fact I cannot make my harddisk boot and so have to use a modified installation floppy. > Just having to boot off the floppy is bad enough without being stuck > with kernel 2.2 > > > My installation failed on making the hard disk bootable - ofpath does not > > recognise my scsi device. > > Which distro? You need the mech something driver, sorry dont remember, > I had a list to choose from with MDK at the start of the install. YDL > is more polished and found the drive ok, just gave no formatting > options = poor. Debian 3.0 (woody) -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
