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Re: Two questions



On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 05:17:46PM -0600, Patrick Klee wrote:
> Hi,
>     The first question I have is what do I need to read (Like HOWTOs and
> stuff.) to setup my Linux PC, to download Debian PPC and upload it into my
> iMac?  I don¹t have a floppy drive, and I heard it was possible.  I have
> dial up and can't afford Linux on CD right now.
> 
> Second, 
>     I had SuSE 7.0 and pitched it in the trash, because I kept installing it
> but I restart or shut down my machine and when I reboot I get a blank gray
> screen like MacOS is trying to boot up.  How do I know Debian won't do this?
> I heard it had something to do with open firmware, but I just recently got
> this mac and was a PC guru for years.  I need some help.

this is because the way suse sets up thier bootloader is broken.
debian documents how to do it correctly.  

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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