Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-24 Thread Rick Thomas
On Sep 23, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 11:32:59 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 09:55:36 Rick Thomas wrote: Without a working OS, you will need to

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 24 September 2014 08:53:04 Rick Thomas wrote: On Sep 23, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 11:32:59 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 09:55:36

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Bruno, I haven’t been called “Ricky” by anyone since the last of my aunt’s died 10 years ago! It feels kinda sweet. But let’s stick with plain old “Rick”. OK, so you’ve got a Wheezy netinst CD. and it’s really a G5 (they are kind of rare, so I wanted to be sure — one of my machines is

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 23 September 2014 09:55:36 Rick Thomas wrote: Without a working OS, you will need to find a way to eject the CD tray in order to boot from it.  Here’s the trick: Don't Macs have paper-clip holes? (Genuine question - I haven't got access to a Mac.) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 23 September 2014 11:32:59 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 09:55:36 Rick Thomas wrote: Without a working OS, you will need to find a way to eject the CD tray in order to boot from it.  Here’s the trick: Don't Macs have paper-clip holes? (Genuine question - I

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-23 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 11:32:59 Lisi Reisz wrote: On Tuesday 23 September 2014 09:55:36 Rick Thomas wrote: Without a working OS, you will need to find a way to eject the CD tray in order to boot from it. Here’s

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-22 Thread Rick Thomas
get out of it. I am stuck. Then, I can try to install Wheezy version. But first, I need to know how do I get out of it. Please, could you help me? Bruno Subject: Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap From: rbtho...@pobox.com Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 19:08:25 -0700

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-21 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Bruno Hi Steve Did you ever get this working for you? I’m a happy user of Debian Wheezy Gnu/Linux on some Apple G4 and G5 Macintosh machines, so I may be able to help. Bruno: If you haven’t succeeded yet, and you are willing to try again, I’ll try to walk you through the steps… First,

Re: Power Mac G4 stuck Loading second stage bootstrap

2014-09-13 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 12/09/14 04:35, bruno evangelista wrote: [...] I have right now the very same DVD with Ubuntu iso file in the tray inside the computer. When I start the computer and hold c key nothing happens. If I shut down the computer and restart it I have exactly the same thing on the screen right