Installing Debian on PowerBook

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

Only if it thinks the CD is bootable :)  It probably will decide this
one isn't (the machine's newer than the CD's compatibility tag).

On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:05:55PM -0800, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> On newer Macs, if you hold down the C key (for CD-ROM) when you boot,
> it'll boot from CD. This is in the manual. :P
> 
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, David Schleef wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:46:51PM +0000, Alan DuBoff wrote:
> > > I finally got a new PowerBook (geez, that took some time;-) and can't get it
> > > to recognize the Debian CD as being bootable.
> > > 
> > > I looked over the FAQs and such, and did get into the Open Firmware, but
> > > couldn't change anything that would let it boot from the CD.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know the secret to installing on a PowerBook?
> > 
> > I just installed on a PowerBook a few weeks ago, and it was
> > relatively straightforward once I figured out how to boot
> > a CD.
> > 
> > Go into open firmware and run
> > 
> >   boot cd:install\powermac\yaboot
> > 
> > (btw, you owe me a beer, 'cuz I spent way too much time trying
> > to figure this out again. =) )
> 
> -- 
> _Deirdre      *      http://www.sfknit.org      *      http://www.deirdre.net
> "Our society has not yet gone so far as to place blind faith in machines. In 
> almost all endeavors, humans routinely correct the errors of machines."
>                                                      - Florida Supreme Court
> 
> 


Dan

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