Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-28 Thread John Wesley Cooper
One of the first things I tried was the little "Press C at the chime" trick … at which point the drive repeatedly tried to read the disk for a minute or so, then booted into Mac OS with no other visible or audible output. I then ejected and re-inserted the disk tray, an was given a "Mac OS can

RE: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-28 Thread John Wesley Cooper
I do believe I specified in my initial message that I burnt it to a CD-R … so that can't be the issue. -Original Message- From: Lennart Sorensen Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:30 To: John Wesley Cooper Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Can't read or boot fr

RE: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-28 Thread John Wesley Cooper
Yes, it works on other machines, and I've read/burnt cd-r's using this iMac before. -Original Message- From: Lennart Sorensen Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:55 To: John Wesley Cooper Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0

RE: Can't read or boot from Squeeze 6.0.4 [ppc] disk 1 on Original iMac

2012-03-28 Thread John Wesley Cooper
Actually, the cd writer is a usb peripheral, but the cd tray drive has always been able to read disks I've burnt using that. I'm not even sure if it can read dvds. -Original Message- From: Risto Suominen Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:10 To: John Wesley Cooper Cc: debi