Re: CD-R Bootable?

, etc. It won't > boot. It *is* perfectly readable however. I can answer this one (having just trodden the same path). Go into open firmware (Apple-Alt-O-F at boot) and type: boot cd:,\\yaboot and you'll be there. The imac is apparently too new for the CD. John -- John Winte

Re: Is the Debian 2.2 PPC CD 1 bootable?

John Winters wrote: [snip] > Thank you. Progress! That gets Debian booted but it seems to have > trouble finding the keyboard (at least I assume that's the problem). It > is of course a USB keyboard. Solved that one - the boot sequence didn't seem to like me having a USB Z

Re: Is the Debian 2.2 PPC CD 1 bootable?

aboot > > there is a small chance that will not work right if so just use the > longer version above. Thank you. Progress! That gets Debian booted but it seems to have trouble finding the keyboard (at least I assume that's the problem). It is of course a USB keyboard. John --

Re: Is the Debian 2.2 PPC CD 1 bootable?

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 06:50:21PM +0100, John Winters wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm completely new to Macs and I'm trying to install Debian 2.2 PPC on > > an iMac DV. (The Apple marketing types clearly lack classical >

Installing Debian on an Imac DV

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/

Is the Debian 2.2 PPC CD 1 bootable?

e CD" but don't give any clues as to how. TIA, John Winters -- John Winters. Wallingford, Oxon, England. The Linux Emporium - the source for Linux CDs in the UK See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/