On Monday, Sep 9, 2002, at 21:09 US/Eastern, Jon Svenson wrote:
> A little off topic but anyways... > > I recently downloaded Mandrake Linux PPC vers. 8.2 as two ISO images > (One for install and one for extras and documentation) I then tried to > boot from the install CD by holding down the "C" key at startup (as per > the instructions) on my Beige Desktop G3 266MHz and instead of booting > from the CD, or into OS X which was the selected OS, it booted into OS > 9. I thought maybe that the ISO image or the CD had somehow become > corrupted or something, so I tried the same process on my iMac 500MHz > (Snow) with the computer set up exactly the same way, and it booted > from the CD properly. > > If anyone has any suggestions as to what I could do or what the problem > might be, it would be greatly appreciated. > From the Debian documentation: "CD-ROM booting is one of the easiest ways to install. Currently, only PReP and New World PowerMac systems can boot from a Debian GNU/Linux install CD. If you're unlucky and the kernel on the CD-ROM doesn't work for you, you'll have to fall back to another technique. ... Note that certain CD drives may require special drivers, and so be inaccessible in the early installation stages. ... Even if you cannot boot from CD-ROM, you can install the base Debian system from CD-ROM. Simply boot using a different media, such as floppies. When it is time to install the base system and any additional packages, point the installation system at the CD-ROM drive as described in " FWIW, the Debian CD boots partially on my PowerMac G3 B&W which is a "New World" machine, whereas your Beige is considered "Old World" See also: <http://tldp.org/> The Linux Documentation Project <http://penguinppc.org/> <http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html> NetBSD PPC, but has some useful info at times and comp.os.linux.powerpc has a lot of good PowerMac discussion Good luck to you, and wish me luck as well, for I am having my own Linux problems, too! GmG -- Obviously I was either onto something, or on something. -- Larry Wall on the creation of Perl -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
