potato install woes

2000-03-02 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I tried to install potato on a Compaq Armada M700 notebook and experienced some problems (I think I solved them, this is just for documentation purposes): - When installing base2_2.tgz there is a broken pipe: zcat base2_2.tgz | tar x which hangs almost instantly, according to tar, the

Re: powerbook potato install woes

2000-01-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On 14/1/2000 David Grant Cheney wrote: 1. No floppy drive. Connectivity is no problem (ethernet/external scsi/cdrom) but not having a CD or another linux system to make an image has made things difficult. Though most of the difficulties I have had could have been avoided if it weren't for: 2.

powerbook potato install woes

2000-01-15 Thread David Grant Cheney
In attempting to install Debian on a G3 powerbook I have encountered a number of minor problems: 1. No floppy drive. Connectivity is no problem (ethernet/external scsi/cdrom) but not having a CD or another linux system to make an image has made things difficult. Though most of the difficulties I