Installing Debian on Pismo/Firewire Powerbook

[sc <sunkcost@pobox.com>]

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Hi,

I've been using Debian on the PC side for a year or so, and I'd like 
to try it on my Mac laptop as well. I checked the archives, and there 
was a discussion on this earlier in the year. Unfortunately, I'm a a 
little further behind the curve than the original author even after 
going through the detailed Installation notes at debian.org. If 
anybody could give me a nudge in the right direction, I'd greatly 
appreciate it.

I bought some Debian PPC 2.2 CDs from Cheap Bytes. Some net guides 
indicated that I could boot directly from the CD by just holding down 
the C key at the beginning. Is this correct? Right now, the CD won't 
read at bootup. Since I can't read the CD's in MacOS 9 (oddly can 
read them in X), I don't know if it's because of how the  CDs were 
burned, did I miss something else in the installation process, etc.

Thanks,

Steve