Question on booting debian-installer on PowerPC G4
[This is a followup from debian-powerpc mailing list]
Hi there,
I am trying to install debian on a PowerPC MacMini G4 using the following iso:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.5/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-505-powerpc-netinst.iso
I burned this image on a Imation CD-R, which I check using the following:
$ md5sum debian-505-powerpc-netinst.iso
86268f3a463460828ec12831d6520df7 debian-505-powerpc-netinst.iso
$ isoinfo -d -i /dev/cdrom
CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format
System id: LINUX
Volume id: Debian 5.0.5 ppc Bin-1
Volume set id:
Publisher id:
Data preparer id:
Application id: GENISOIMAGE ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM CREATOR (C) 1993
E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997-2006 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING (C) 2006-2007 CDRKIT
TEAM
Copyright File id:
Abstract File id:
Bibliographic File id:
Volume set size is: 1
Volume set sequence number is: 1
Logical block size is: 2048
Volume size is: 102188
NO Joliet present
Rock Ridge signatures version 1 found
$ dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=102188 conv=notrunc,noerror | md5sum
102188+0 records in
102188+0 records out
209281024 bytes (209 MB) copied, 56.3156 s, 3.7 MB/s
86268f3a463460828ec12831d6520df7 -
However my mac refuse to boot from that cdrom. By any change do you
guys have any information on how to debug this situation, i am quite
unfamiliar with Apple Harddrive.
To repeat what I said on the debian-powerpc, I tried the following media:
- Imation CD-RW 80min
- Maxell CD-R 80min
Boot method used:
- Holding 'C' before reboot
- Holding 'Option' during reboot
- Holding 'Option'+'Command'+o+f
I could not find any combination working. When I tried booting from
the open firmware:
"Apple PowerMac10, 1 4.8.9f4 BootROM build on 03/23/05 at 14:22:23"
the command: boot cd:,\\:tbxi keeps on reporting:
0 > boot cd:,\\tbxi DISK-LABEL: read block0 failed
ATAPI-DISK: open of DISK-LABEL failed can't open: cd:,\\tbxi
Can't open device or file
0 > eject cd: ok
0 > boot cd:,\\tbxi DISK-LABEL: read block0 failed
ATAPI-DISK: open of DISK-LABEL failed can't open: cd:,\\tbxi
Can't open device or file
Does this ring a bell to anyone ?
Thanks, and sorry for cross posting
--
Mathieu
References:
http://malatsblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/preparing-bootable-debian-installer-cd.html
http://sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/
http://mac.linux.be/content/booting-open-firmware
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=162046
http://www.powerlinux.com/mini/
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