Re: Install on Mac G4
Suzanne wrote:
Mac Powerbook G4. How do I install without Grub?
Michael
Might I humbly suggest RTFM?
A piddling amount of googling leades to:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ - the installation manual
for Debian on PowerPC.
I direct your attention to section 6.3.6.2:
"Newer (mid 1998 and on) PowerMacs use *yaboot* as their boot loader.
The installer will set up *yaboot* automatically, so all you need is a
small 820k partition named “bootstrap” with type /Apple_Bootstrap/
created back in the partitioning component. If this step completes
successfully then your disk should now be bootable and OpenFirmware will
be set to boot Debian GNU/Linux"
There's no mention of Grub anywhere in there.
I'll also mention that a little more googling will suggest that, if you
want to dual boot w/ OS X, install OS X first, then debian. I believe
the quote was "the OS X installer is very unfriendly to other operating
systems." Be sure to leave a partition for OS X.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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