jo Ashesh, AD> Hi! AD> I am rank beginner (albeit a 70 year old pensioner), ignorant of Unix, and AD> my first brush with Linux - as well as Unix - has been to try to install AD> Debian in iMac from a set of 7 CDs (cynics might say I'm trying to jump in AD> at the deep end). In the meantime - while my effort of getting Debian into AD> iMac is still continuing - I have managed to successfully install SuSE in AD> the _same_ iMac (yes, being absolutely fed up to the back teeth with Debian, AD> I actually went and bought myself SuSE Linux PowerPC 7.3) - as well as AD> Debian itself in an oldworld powermac clone made by Apple resellers Computer AD> Warehouse of London, England - although I am yet to complete the AD> installation of Debian in iMac that I originally started my venture with.
AD> The main problem of installing Debian in an iMac from CDs is that there AD> is no way to scan the second (or a subsequent) CD during apt configuration AD> because the first CD cannot be ejected. SuSE installer, on the other hand, AD> automatically ejects the CD when a media change is called for. I succeeded AD> in installing Debian in the oldworld powermac because it has a PC-style CD > 1. How do I change CDs in an iMac? is "eject" working at this point? then you could open a second console and type for example "eject /dev/hdb" or "eject /dev/cdrom" mfg robert natau -- ihr seid alles kranke kinder -- http://www.zooomclan.org
