Gerhard Reuteler wrote:
> Hi,
> tried to follow the instructions to make pismo bootable. I have a few
> questions:
> --- must the bootstrap partition be the first on the disk? (The first 8
> partitions seem to be Mac Interna, like drivers, ..)
If you want to use MacOS then leave the first 8 pa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello,
>
> I wish to use xmodmap (with the help of xkeycaps) to change the layout of my
> keyboard. I've been told there are no problems with this (on the LinuxPPC
> mailing list), but I cannot make even the slightest change! This is with
> Xpmac and with XF68_FBDev...
Hi,
tried to follow the instructions to make pismo bootable. I have a few
questions:
--- must the bootstrap partition be the first on the disk? (The first 8
partitions seem to be Mac Interna, like drivers, ..)
--- I'm new to mac: the mkofboot doesn't find the ofboot.b-File which
resides in the sys
Hello,
I wish to use xmodmap (with the help of xkeycaps) to change the layout of my
keyboard. I've been told there are no problems with this (on the LinuxPPC
mailing list), but I cannot make even the slightest change! This is with
Xpmac and with XF68_FBDev...
Am I doing something wrong? I use xke
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 05:06:16AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> >
> > enter this command:
> >
> > boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot
>
> /me slaps self once again
>
> this will also work but much easier:
>
> boot cd:,\\yaboot
>
> there is a small chance that will not wor
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 05:06:16AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> enter this command:
>
> boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot
/me slaps self once again
this will also work but much easier:
boot cd:,\\yaboot
there is a small chance that will not work right if so just use the
longer version above
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:14:03AM +0100, John Winters wrote:
>
> This appears to be the case. I'm now trying to find an alternative
> means of booting.
silly me this is so simple!
boot into OpenFirmware (command option o f)
enter this command:
boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot
(i think that
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:11:58AM +0100, John Winters wrote:
>
> This seems to address my problem exactly. I've got an iMac DV and it
> won't boot the Debian CD. Can you point me in the direction of
> instructions for what these two files are and how to use them please?
> I'm completely new to
SB> Also gnome-panel is being delayed. It is the last bit of
SB> that new GNOME which appeared in Debian 2.2 for the Intel
SB> platform but did not get to appear for PPC.
CC> The GNOME stuff is really messed up on PPC. I spent an entire day
CC> downloading source and building packages, and I'm s
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 06:50:21PM +0100, John Winters wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm completely new to Macs and I'm trying to install Debian 2.2 PPC on
> > an iMac DV. (The Apple marketing types clearly lack classical
> > education). Should the Official Debian CD
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
[snip]
> is your machine a `newworld' type, (colored case for desktops, made
> 1999 or later for powerbooks)
>
> if so debian can do this quite easily, you only need to download a
> couple small files and enter OpenFirmware to boot them. the rest of
> the s
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 06:07:39PM +0800, Tran Quang Anh wrote:
> >
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > I am a student in China. Now I want to install Linux in a PowerPC
> > computer. My PowerPC has no floppy disk. Could you please tell me
> > if I can install an
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