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jekor
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 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 7:27 am Post subject: Install on PPC without CD |
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| Hello, is it possible to install Gentoo using only BootX and some tarballs? I would like to install on a Powerbook which has no CD-ROM drive, only a network connection. Thanks! |
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blips
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| Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2003 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm trying to do it right now. If I get it to work I will tell you how. |
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blips
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:04 am Post subject: |
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I did not get my install to work yet. I have a small suspicion that I'm running out of disk space. At any rate you need to get Boot X on your computer. Once you have BootX installed and running you need to follow the PPC install guide until step 7. In step 7 it states that:
| Code: | | Note: If you are unable to mount your cdrom, it is still possible to retrieve the stage1/2/3 from the ibiblio site using wget http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/build/1.2/stage1-ppc-1.2.tbz |
This means since you do not have a cd you must download the tarball from a mirror site then you can unpack the tarball. I just used the cd to get BootX and I have been downloading the 1.4 tarball since the cd only is 1.2.
Not that I have had any success yet but I will try for a little while long before I give up and go back to debian. |
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XK
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2003 5:01 am Post subject: |
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hi, what kind of powerbook did u try to install it on?
i have an old powerbook laptop, with about 107mhz, 1gig space. also no cd module, you think it will work on that? i forgot the model name.. |
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