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List:       cobaltfacts
Subject:    Re: [cobaltfacts] OT Virtual PC / OS X / Debian
From:       Ryan Verner <xfesty () computeraddictions ! com ! au>
Date:       2004-01-08 17:23:40
Message-ID: B9CC2E2A-41FD-11D8-ADCC-000A95CEEE4E () computeraddictions ! com ! au
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On 09/01/2004, at 3:25 AM, Dave's List Addy wrote:

> Off Topic question
>
> Trying to install the latest Debian 3.0.23 on an iMac 17" Flat Panel 
> 1.25
> mhz processor.

There's a PPC Debian, by the way, that runs natively - Linux screams on 
PPC hardware.  I dual boot my Powerbook with Sid, with Gnome 2.4, and 
it's fast as hell.

> I can get virtual pc to accept the ISO and want to do a net install, 
> but for
> some reason I am having trouble getting the right driver installed for 
> the
> NIC. Anyone know off hand what driver for the ethernet/NIC is supposed 
> to be
> selected. I tried Tulip but no go. I am using the bf2-netinstall setup.

root@qbalt-host:~# dmesg|grep eth0
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
eth0: Digital DC21041 Tulip rev 17 at 0x1080, 21041 mode, 
00:03:FF:CB:EE:4E, IRQ
  11.


root@qbalt-host:~# lspci -v

<snip>

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 
21041 [Tulip
Pass 3] (rev 11)
         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
         I/O ports at 1080 [disabled] [size=128]
         Memory at d4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=4K]
         Expansion ROM at d4001000 [disabled] [size=2K]

root@qbalt-host:~# uname -a
Linux qbalt-host 2.4.19 #1 Thu Apr 3 17:22:13 CST 2003 i686 unknown

bf24 should be able to see it, no idea why you're no go.  I didn't 
install on this via the debian installer, though.

R

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