[dan@debian.org: Re: Booting of PPC Installation on PowerPC/Mac impossible?]
----- Forwarded message from Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> -----
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:51:18 -0700
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Booting of PPC Installation on PowerPC/Mac impossible?
To: rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-testin@lists.debian.org
Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>,
rainer.dorsch@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de,
debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-testin@lists.debian.org
Um, what version of the installer are you using?? Quik certainly does
work on powermacs, although you probably have to edit its config file
by hand. There is documentation floating around about the process;
someone with more free time needs to add it to the boot-floppies
documentation.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 07:15:08PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:
>
> I installed Debian for the PowerMac on a PowerMac 9500. After completing the
> installation (dh_bootstrap), I wanted to make the system bootable directly
> from the hard disk, but I learned Quik does not yet work for PowerMac. The I
> wanted to make a boot floppy. But making boot floppies is also not yet
> supported by powermac.
>
> So what is the best way to boot this thing, when I removed MacOS and the hfs
> file systems?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rainer.
>
>
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