On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: > Howdy all, > I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on my > iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the > debian installer works on x86 architectures ( as I have done already > some installations using the woody installer ), I tried to do so. > Unfortunately it didn't work as expected. So here comes some kind of a > log file of all the things I tried to get at least the installer to > work. ;-) >
[...] > > The Sarge installer cd, didn't even boot, I tried using the > "hold-down-c" method as well as holding down alt to see all the boot > drives. But the cd didn't show up. ( I controlled the md5 of the > download iso file, and it was identical to the one I downloaded. ) > Try copying the ofboot.b file from the CD's install/powermac folder onto your hard drive partition. Then in OpenFirmware, type boot hd:xx,ofboot.b (Use your partition number in place of xx). This will cause the Mac to boot from the CD, I hope. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
