Re: making a cd bootable for a mac
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 03:28:12PM -0400, matthewk wrote:
> > Did you remember (i know, this needs to be more documented) to hold
> > down C to boot from CD?
>
> hehe, yes, many times in fact.
>
> I guess I'm also curious if there is anyway to boot from the hard disk and
> then install
> from the cd, but I haven't found any documentation on this. Could be
> because it's not
> possible. Anyhow, suggestions on alternate install methods are welcome,
> but, I have no
> removeable media, and no other machine to boot it from.
>
> matt kurpiewski
*sigh*
Where'd you get the image from?
Meanwhile, you can install from the hard drive using yaboot. In fact,
using the yaboot.conf on the CD in install/powermac. I don't remember
exactly how, though.
>
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 03:00:22PM -0400, matthewk wrote:
> >> Are there any known issues with booting on the newest macs? The cd
> >> I've made here doesn't seem to work.
> >>
> >> matt kurpiewski
> >>
> >> --On Thursday, September 7, 2000 2:49 PM -0400 Daniel Jacobowitz
> >> <dan@debian.org> wrote:r
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:51:37AM -0400, Matthew Kurpiewski wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm a long time Debian/intel user who decided to switch to the powerpc
> >> >> platform. Anyhow, I have a new Sage imac DV+ I'm just dying to get
> >> >> debian installed to. However, being relatively new to the mac,
> >> >> constructing mac bootable cd's from the debian .iso is a bit of
> >> >> mystery to me. Do I have to burn it on a mac to make it bootable?
> >> >> Are there any other considerations I should know about when burning
> >> >> the cd? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Like I said, I'm
> >> >> a bit anxious to get debian up and running. I'm not on the list so
> >> >> please cc: matthewk@pitt.edu
> >> >
> >> > Nope. It should be bootable no matter how it is burnt.
> >> >
> >> > Dan
> >> >
> >> > /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\
> >> > | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 |
> >> > | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University |
> >> > | dan@debian.org | | dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu |
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> > Dan
> >
> > /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\
> > | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 |
> > | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University |
> > | dan@debian.org | | dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu |
> > \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
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