PowerPC Debian CD's do not boot on my b&w G3 but Suse 7.0 does
Sorry for the cross post but I'm not quiet sure where to address this
subject. Please reply only in "debian-powerpc".
As I said before none of the powerpc Debian Potato CD's nor a recent
Debian network CD (I don't remember from where) and neither the woody CD
from "trasno.net" boots on my blue&white G3 PowerMac. This is strange
since there shouldn't be a problem. Finally I got a CD set of Suse 7.0
powerpc and it nicely boots, showing the yaboot prompt and else. What's
wrong with Debian CD's? Or what's the difference between Debian and
Suse?
When I want to start my Mac with a Debian CD (pressing the "C" key) the
LED of the cd-drive flickers a few times and after a while the display
is switched from a light gray to white. Nothing is ever written
(visible) on the display. After a while the MacOS starts from the
harddisk. There is never a yaboot prompt visible so I guess it isn't
found on the CD and started.
How could this problem be solved? What can I do to see what's going on?
Is there a way to start yaboot from an OF prompt? Or can I inspect the
CD from an OF prompt?
I've heard (without confirmation) that the early b&w G3 might have a
problem with booting from a CD but at least Suse has found a way.
O. Wyss
PS. I've twice checked if the CD's I use correctly boot on other
machines (i.e. on an Imac).
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Author of "Debian partial mirror synch script"
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