On Jun 22, 2005, at 6:45 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
* The 7300/200 seems to not be able to boot off a CD-ROM, at least I
failed to do that using
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/powerpc/iso-cd/debian
-31r0a-powerpc-businesscard.iso
Maybe I just used a wrong boot command line, but the install
instructions are somewhat poor describing the actual boot process
(note: I just got these Macs and never ever touched any Mac
before).
Booting the OldWorld PPC Macs from a CD is only possible if the CD has
special Apple-proprietary drivers on it. For Debian to make an install
CD image with those drivers would be a violation of the Debian freeness
guidelines... as well as illegal in most countries.
Bottom line: you have to use some kind of subterfuge, such as BootX or
a floppy with miboot on it, to install Debian GNU/Linux on an OldWorld
Mac.
Rick
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