Thanx for the information, I'm almost sure that OS X and OS 9 boots from this disk. I'll just try to install debian and see what happens. :-)
axel On �ri�judagur, okt 1, 2002, at 01:35 Atlantic/Reykjavik, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Axel wrote: >> I was wondering if it's possible for me to install Debian linux on a >> firewire hard disk (external)? > > Sure is, at least on x86, so I can't imagine that it's that different > on > the PPC... > >> I've got PowerBook G3 400 (pismo) and an ultra slim firewire disk. I >> wasn't sure if Debian would boot from a disk like that. > > ...except for this. :) > > On x86, booting from firewire or USB hard drives is under the control > of > the BIOS. For your mac, that means the OpenFirmware. If you can boot > MacOS or OS-X from the firewire drive, you can *theoretically* boot > Linux from there too. > > If you can't, booting from the drive is probably not an option. Even if > you can you need to find a boot loader that can talk to the drive which > is outside my expertise. > > > So, it's theoretically possible to boot linuk *if* OF can boot from the > drive at all... > > Daniel > > -- > Electric icon culture in twenty frames a second. > Bright confusion controling my emotions. > -- Covenant, _2D_ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----------------------- Axel ��r �s��rsson Nemi Menntask�linn � Akureyri ��r�lfsgata 18 310 Borgarnes GSM: 8696335 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
