Re: Cant start from CD

[Joerg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>]

begin  Simon Schneebeli <simon.schneebeli@epfl.ch> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> With an experienced friend we tried to install Debian on my new iBook 
> G4. We didn't get very far. We were not even able to start from the CD. 
> The usual "C" at startup just didn't work. We also tried an install via 

I had the same problem. The CD has a x86 boot sector which is unusable
for a mac. Don't ask me my it is there by "file -s" showed me this problem

Press Alt+Apple+O+F after power on until you see a shell prompt. Type
there "boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot" and enjoy the debian installer.

> There are two points that might be the cause:
> - The CD was burned on a computer running Windows

I burned with a linux on i386. I've got my image from an mirror while the
offical source was offline.

Joerg.
end.
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