I downloaded debian-live-503-powerpc-rescue.iso. Then I copied it to a USB stick: dd if=/home/jeroen/Downloads/debian-live-503-powerpc-rescue.iso of=/dev/sdb
Then I rebooted into open firmware on the PowerBook G3 Pismo (Option +Command+o+f). I then looked for the devices: dev usb0 ls ok dev usb1 ls ff8d0e38: /d...@1 This shows that there is a yaboot bootloader on usb1 d...@1. I then tried some variations and it appeared that on the second partition was something: boot usb1/d...@1:2,\\:tbxi Screen went black but I was dropped back in open firmware with the following: can't OPEN: cd:,\yaboot\yaboot booting did not go automatically, it looks like it thinks it should be a CD ? I could boot by issueing: boot usb1/d...@1:2,\\yaboot\yaboot I was then in the rescue USB. Booting into the rescue liveUSB went fine! Regards, Jeroen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1269454711.5218.12.ca...@jeroen-ubuntu
