Re: Installing Debian on an SE/30

[Hank <compdata@alltel.net>]

Jesse R. Lucke wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I don't know if this came through the first time I posted, so I'll try
> again. Apologies for repetition if it occurs.
>
>
> I've been trying to install Debian on my SE/30 in order to turn it into a
> gateway for my dialup connection. Yeah, I'm crazy--life's more fun that
> way.  :-)
>
> Penguin 19 boots fine (once you pass it the nolangchooser option) but the
> installer doesn't want to format the drive. After the partitions are set
> up, the installer tries to format the swap partition. Once it gets to
> that, I can choose any option I like (even doing without swap) and the
> installer will restart the disk preparation process process. This loopy
> process ends when I hit the reset button.
>
> The partitions are there; they're shown when I ask Penguin for SCSI device
> info. My Mac utilities can see them too. Any ideas as to why it's not
> formatting them and what I can do about it? Is there a utility I can use
> to format them from the Mac OS?
http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/pub/lido756.hqx

This is a great little utility to format on the Mac Side. You'll have to 
reformat your drive though.
I think I remember reading in one of  the Linux install manuals that you 
set up your /root partition first then follow with your swap. I don't 
know that it makes a difference. But I just do what the manual says.

I've run X on an SE/30 running frame view window manager, samba file 
server, the nfs server, and the apple talk (netatalk) all at the same 
time. It don't run too bad.

Hank

> Thanks,
> Jesse
>
> System Specs:
> -Mac SE/30
> -Mac OS 7.6.1
> -500MB HD
> -32 MB RAM
> -Asante MacCon NIC
>
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