That might be the ticket. Current the drive is a pull from an old Thinkpad. Is there any way to put the Apple firmware on?
> On Mar 7, 2017, at 12:20 AM, Luke <g.eluk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I had a problem similar to yours, solved by changing to another HD with Apple > firmware. > > Il 07/mar/2017 09:15 AM, "Nicholas Dal Porto" <macmani...@comcast.net> ha > scritto: >> Hi guys, >> >> I've spent the last few days attempting to install Debian on some old >> Powerbooks I have laying around. They're all invariably failing, and I have >> no clue why. Some hang on loading the partition formatter, others cannot get >> past "Install the base system" (debootstrap return value 1). I've tried at >> least 25 different ISO files. In case it's something I'm doing when I try to >> burn it, I'm borrowing a CD drive so I can test with another computer. >> Looking at the symptoms I'm leaning towards messed up CD burning but does >> anyone have any other ideas?
