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iMac: boot Debian Linux from CD-ROM



I want to boot from a most recent official release of Debian
on a new iMac G3. In Open Firmware, I type boot cdrom or equivalently
boot cd:,\\:tbxi and I get the error message:
load-size=1000 adler32=edd16114
unrecognized Client Program Format.

my boot-device line reads:
boot-device     cd:       hd:,\\tbxi
I don't know if there's something wrong about this hd:,\\tbxi that
remains. I can hear the cd-rom turning after typing boot cdrom, so
something's happenin'..
What's wrong? is it that I can't use the slink version on an iMac? (can I
get the potatoe on a cd-rom?) 
thanks a bunch,
Philip



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