Not really. In what way does it fail? Does the CD try to boot and give a blank screen? Do you get a prompt?
Did you remember (i know, this needs to be more documented) to hold down C to boot from CD? On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 03:00:22PM -0400, matthewk wrote: > Are there any known issues with booting on the newest macs? The cd > I've made here doesn't seem to work. > > matt kurpiewski > > --On Thursday, September 7, 2000 2:49 PM -0400 Daniel Jacobowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:r > > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:51:37AM -0400, Matthew Kurpiewski wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm a long time Debian/intel user who decided to switch to the powerpc > >> platform. Anyhow, I have a new Sage imac DV+ I'm just dying to get > >> debian installed to. However, being relatively new to the mac, > >> constructing mac bootable cd's from the debian .iso is a bit of mystery > >> to me. Do I have to burn it on a mac to make it bootable? Are there > >> any other considerations I should know about when burning the cd? Any > >> pointers would be greatly appreciated. Like I said, I'm a bit anxious > >> to get debian up and running. I'm not on the list so please cc: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Nope. It should be bootable no matter how it is burnt. > > > > Dan > > > > /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ > > | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | > > | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ > > > > > Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
