On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 09:01:08PM -0500, Bruce A. Burdick, Jr. wrote: > > OldWorlds can't boot from a Debian CD > > Why not? The 1999 and 2000 LinuxPPC CDs were bootable on OldWorld and > NewWorld boxes. Jeff Carr personally futzed with my Lombard PowerBook to get > it to boot at MacWorld SF 2000. Can Debian repurpose their work? Is the boot > code on the CD not GPL? > > Not complaining, just wondering, > -B...
It's been discussed at length on the list several times, starting about 3 years ago. Yes, you're exactly right, the CD boot drivers are Apple proprietary. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
