Hi Stephen, On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:22:01 +0000 Stephen Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would appreciate if the experts here could help me out -- Here's what I've > tried so far; > > Using the Debian-Etch-PPC net install CD, I booted up with my MacOS 9 > CD. However when booted with > system CD, it can't see the Debian Net install cd if I put it in the > scsi CD drive. If I reverse > this, and put the MacOS 9 in the scsi CD player, it boots fine, but > sill doesn't see the Debian > net install cd, in the onboard ata CD Drive. So, I can't start the > install. > > I don't have a Linux workstation available to make boot floppies; Can these > boot floppies be made in MacOS > ? If so how ? All the instructions I've been able to grep assume that one has > a Linux box handy to make > boot floppies. Do I need to go the boot floppy route, or should I be able to > boot with the MacOS system > CD, and then mount the Debian net install on the other drive ? AFAICR you can't boot those systems using a standard install CD -- it might have something to do with some parts of the boot code being proprietary and as such not freely redistributable. There are at least three ways to boot an Oldworld : quik, some utility that piggy-backs on the MacOS bootloader (I can't recall the name), or directly booting a COFF kernel image (I'm not even sure that one works on the beige G3). I personally use quik, but this might not be your best option : if you want to go that route, search for posts similar to yours in the archives -- I posted quite a lot of messages to the list at that time (some years back, I fear). The MacOS utility is quite simpler to install, but it requires MacOS, and is a bit of a hassle when you want to update your kernel. As for starting the installer, I fear you will have to use floppies (yes, they still exist ;-)) -- look for something called "miboot", I think that's what I used at that time. Good luck, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
