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Re: Performing installer tests on PowerMac with USB sticks



Pretty straight forward 

1. Burn the image to usb
2. Plug it in
3 boot into the boot loader by holding down the opt key
4. You should see the usb as a boot device


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> On Apr 30, 2019, at 3:54 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I have dug out one of my iBook G4s now so I can perform installer tests
> on the PowerMac target. While the machine has a built-in optical drive,
> I would avoid having to burn CDs for every installation test run (even
> when using CD-RWs), so I was wondering how well booting from USB sticks
> works on these machines.
> 
> Does anyone have experience creating bootable USB media for PowerMacs
> to install Debian?
> 
> Adrian
> 
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