Re: Installing YDL or Debian without CDs

From: Jack Malmostoso (jackmalmostoso_at_freesurf.ch)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:52:04 +0200

Ciao Carter, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:

> Is there
> some way that I can use OS X 10.3 tools to open up a partition big
> enough to hold YDL / Debain install packages, download said packages,
> boot to that partition to install, and then use that partition as
> say... /home once I've installed linux?

You have clearly no idea on how Debian install works :)
Just download this:

http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/powerpc/pre-rc2/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso

Which is a small netinst iso: you install that, and then via internet you
will install everything else: apt-get power!

Pop the cd in, partition your drive (easy since you don't want a dual
boot), setup the ethernet connection and you are done.

It will also come handy as rescuecd!

More info can be found at http://tuxmobil.org.

> Also what hardware incompatibilities can I look forward to? I'd like
> to not lose my wireless, and I have a gen 3 ipod with a firewire
> connection, and it would be nice to access that (something I haven't
> been able to work out with Fedora on x86)

Airport (not extreme) is well supported under Linux, as well as iPod (with
gtkpod) and firewire. 

-- 
Best Regards, Jack
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