On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 06:42:58PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > 2) debian CDs are not and won't be bootable on OldWorld hardware in > > the forseeable future. (until someone writes an Oldworld bootloader > > that does not require proprietary Apple drivers) > > Why? We have miBoot. Won't that work on a CD? miboot requires proprietary apple drivers, which are only available with a proprietary macos CD burning software, and macos is of course proprietary. this is unacceptable to Debian which is made up of only Free Software. > OK, call me ignorant, but it would be cool of installing linux on a Mac was as > easy as MacOS is to get started. Pop in MacOS 8.0 in a m68k to a 6500 and > you're set, 8.5 or higher for newer macs. GNU/Linux is not macos and never will be. (nor should be) > I've been using linux on x86 for a couple years, and at the very worst, you need > a floppy, and an ethernet/modem to install the base system. yup, on oldworld you need a floppy. miboot works on floppies not CDs. (unless you have proprietary software) > miBoot works on hard drives, right? Maybe you can point me at some docs... miboot is very clunky and difficult to setup, its not reccommened or supported for disk booting. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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