On Jun 21, 2005, at 3:31 PM, Jacob Fugal wrote:
Package: installation-reportsDebian-installer-version: boot.img from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-powerpc/ current//images/powerpc/floppy/ on 6-21-2005uname -a: Never got that far (Debian 3.1 Sarge) Date: 6-21-2005, 15:25 EDTMethod: I tried installing a Power Macintosh G3 (Beige minitower) from a floppy. I tried copying the image boot.img from my current Debian box using the command "dd ..." as specified on to four different floppies. I tried .../floppy and .../floppy-2.4 and put the floppy in the system and as soon as it booted up, it spit the disk out of the system. The screen showed a floppy disk with an x in it. Reinserting did nothing.
Jacob,There are "freeness" problems with the boot-loader program that goes on the PowerMac (OldWorld) floppys. So the working PowerMac Debian boot floppies are not well advertized. They are buried away at
http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2005-06-20/powerpc/Give that a try. If it doesn't work, try earlier dates than '2005-06-20'.
It's not a politically correct viewpoint but in my humble opinion, you are best off getting a MacOS {8 or 9} installation CD and using MacOS with the BootX extension as your Linux boot loader. Email me off-list if you need instructions for doing that.
Installing from floppy can be done on a Beige G3 mini-tower. I've got a couple of them running right now to prove it. But MacOS with BootX is way easier!
Rick