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imac g3 base system ok



Hello,

i have found out how to joke the installer, and use the usb key as cdrom, so i can mount the fake cdrom and install debian.

I write here how i did in case someone is interested.

Always booted from ethernet with open firmware.

After this step i choosed start a shell,

then:

cd /dev/cdroms/
rm cdrom0

dd the debian businnescard iso to the /dev/sda on my x86 ( be sure, sda is my key on my system, if you have a scsi hd you'll have terrible problems... )

found out the position of the usb key on the mac ( /dev/scsi/something )

created a symlink with ln -s /dev/scsi/something /dev/cdroms/cdrom0

The installer started ;) after i choosed detect cdrom and start installation.

After that i have been able to use an iso of netinst ( bigger than my usb key ) mounted in /var/www ( for apache ) choosing the ip of my x86 and http as method.

Bye,
--
Giulio Canevari



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