On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 06:02:42PM -0500, 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
if it is a mac bootable CD you don't need to fiddle with OpenFirmware, just reboot, and hold down the `c' key on the keyboard it should boot from the CD that way. see my web page for more info on yaboot/ybin (powerpc bootloader) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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