2008/4/28, Bryan Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am trying to install Debian on a 333Mhz iMac for the first time.
>
Actually this speed would imply Rev. D.
>
> And copied the contents of the boot.image.gz to the rood level of my
> hard-drive (single partition)
>
What is the partition type (file system)? OF cannot handle any type.
The image contains its own file system (HFS?), and the idea is to raw
copy it over an unused partition of correct size.
> I copied (only) the contents of the boot.img to the root level of my drive
> (since the files seemed to be duplicates)
> The directory lists ...
> boot.img.gz
> boot.msg
> initrd.gz
> vmlinux
> yaboot.conf
> Unzipped contents of boot.img.gz ...
> boot.msg
> initrd.gz
> vmlinux
> yaboot.conf
> yaboot
>
Yes, those 5 are enough. It should work, if OF understands the partition type.
> O > boot hd:0,yaboot { seems to be the correct drive partition }
>
How do you know? Usually partition 0 contains the partition map and it
is followed by several Apple driver etc. partitions. If you don't
specify any partition, i.e. boot hd:,yaboot, OF should find the first
bootable partition.
> I left the initrd.gz file unzipped (the config file refers to initrd.gz)
>
Yes, that's correct.
> Should I try powerpc64 intaller? (only I only see cdrom/ and netboot/ on
> the ftp)
> ((I tried but got the same error))
>
No hope, iMac uses powerpc32.
> Should I try an older version of Debian?
>
Not yet. The failure seems to indicate that yaboot is not even found by OF.
Risto
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