On 4/7/2005 8:09 AM, pica-pica said:
> This is probably a very stupid question, that has been asked many times,
> but I'm due one.
>
> I have an old g3 powerbook (@33, 32mb, 2 gb (family: M4753) old world),
> I have managed to get debian installed, but when I attempt the reboot to
> complete the install, it dies. I can simply reset the open firmware (r-p
> trick), this gets life back in the system, but still no boot.
>
> The question I have is how do I persuade quik to co-operate, or is there
> some other option. I have read something about setting the 'Load-base'
> to 1000000 to get round some gzip issue, how would I go about this? (And
> does anyone know if this works?)
>
> Thanks, i386 I know, but I have to admit to being a total newbie to ppc
> linux.
>
> Hodge
>
> Ps if this is a dup sorry, me news client's playing up.

I gather quik can be a pain in the fundament to install properly.

Have you tried bootx? Works a treat on my old Wallstreet with YDL. All
that's needed is a small MacOS9 partition with the BootX extension
installed in the system folder, along with a kernel in a subfolder.

Of course you don't end up with a MacOS-free system that way, but it
works. One other thing: my box used to stutter with 64MB memory -- far
better for some extra RAM, which is pretty cheap. If it's a WallStreet
or similar there's a very good takeapart guide online, so it's not hard
to install either.

cheers,

David H

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