Re: Installation: xserve G4 with broken CD drive

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

If it was my machine, I'd spring for a replacement DVD drive.  YMMV

That said, can you boot it from a USB stick?  Most NewWorld PowerPC  
Macs can.  The Wheezy installer works fine.  I posted to the debian- 
powerpc list some instructions for doing this with the subject
    "Detailed notes: How to boot and install Debian from a USB stick  
on a PowerPC Mac"
in August, 2012.

Hope it helps!

Rick


On May 9, 2013, at 2:13 PM, http@shaw.ca wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to get squeeze up and running on an xserve G4 with a  
> broken CD drive.
   ...
> Is my approach valid?  Have I made some not-so-obvious mistake in  
> the config or ybin, or should I just give up and track down a
> replacement CD drive?
>
> Peter Rooney