On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 04:07:27PM +0100, Tobias Welti wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install Debian 2.2 r3 on my Apple Powerbook 5300cs. I've > got a free fast internet connection, so I'm trying to boot the powerbook > with the rescue floppy provided on the net. But there's one big problem: > The Powerbook refuses to boot from the rescue floppy. The floppy is not > recognized as a bootable floppy disk. I've tried several different > floppies with different images, with always the same result. > > I downloaded the first CD and found the boot-disk for macintoshes, which > will boot, but after the screen has shown the linux logo, it freezes. > Anyone got an idea how to work around this problem? >
The boot floppies are not capable of booting all macintoshes. In fact some machintoshes need to boot into MacOS to be able to start linux (with a program called penguin, if I remeber correctly). You should try the debian-powerpc mailing-list for more accurate help.
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