Philippe wrote: > > I want to boot from a most recent official release of Debian > on a new iMac G3. In Open Firmware, I type boot cdrom or equivalently > boot cd:,\\:tbxi and I get the error message: > load-size=1000 adler32=edd16114 > unrecognized Client Program Format. > > my boot-device line reads: > boot-device cd: hd:,\\tbxi > I don't know if there's something wrong about this hd:,\\tbxi that > remains. I can hear the cd-rom turning after typing boot cdrom, so > something's happenin'.. > What's wrong? is it that I can't use the slink version on an iMac? (can I > get the potatoe on a cd-rom?) > thanks a bunch, > Philip
There is a debian mac specific email list if you didn't know. I've never installed on a mac before but are you using the mac version of slink? hth, kent
