On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Ethan Benson wrote: [snip] > is your machine a `newworld' type, (colored case for desktops, made > 1999 or later for powerbooks) > > if so debian can do this quite easily, you only need to download a > couple small files and enter OpenFirmware to boot them. the rest of > the system can be installed directly over the internet. (or a hard > disk if you wish)
This seems to address my problem exactly. I've got an iMac DV and it won't boot the Debian CD. Can you point me in the direction of instructions for what these two files are and how to use them please? I'm completely new to Macs but well versed in Linux so once I've got the thing to boot I should be OK. Am I right in thinking that once I've got something to boot I can partition the hard disc (even though I've booted from it) and create the itsy partition at the front, then a MacOS partition then the relevant Linux partitions? The machine also has a USB Zip drive - can it boot from that? TIA, John -- John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England. The Linux Emporium - the source for Linux CDs in the UK See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/
