Bug#774811: debian-installer: debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso 2015-01-05 08:58 278M doesn't boot
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 10:12:04PM +0100, gilles.charabot@charabot-org.fr wrote:
> Dear Maintainer, I have continued and tried an other iso :
> debian-jessie-DI-b2-powerpc-netinst.iso
>
> I have generated the sum for my download :
>
> openssl dgst -sha512 debian-jessie-DI-b2-powerpc-netinst.iso
> SHA512(debian-jessie-DI-b2-powerpc-netinst.iso)= 8408a4f2dbc6d531be50f6079d1aea28bc4626cb346a5e6393b2a81a1b88b6c21fc3f9b224deb8585b037a5bd4105d7510c5620128820c8d937e75f24aa2c593
>
> but I didn't find SUMS in website, so I have continued without and I
> have burned a new maxell CD-R. Then, I put the
> CD on my PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet and hold on the keyboard key
> named Option for booting on it. The CD doesn't appear on boot, so I
> have chose Linux logo and clicked on it. So then, I have seen
> displayed :
>
> First Stage Debian GNU/Linux Bootstrap
>
> Press l for GNU/Linux,
> x for MacOSX,
> c for CDROM
>
> Stage 1 Boot:
>
> End of display
> I have typed c and then the screen display following what was
> already displayed :
I always thought you just held down 'c' when turning on the machine to
boot from CD/DVD, but I suspect holding option and then selecting c is
probably the same thing effectively, but worth a try perhaps.
--
Len Sorensen
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