On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 05:17:46PM -0600, Patrick Klee wrote: > Hi, > The first question I have is what do I need to read (Like HOWTOs and > stuff.) to setup my Linux PC, to download Debian PPC and upload it into my > iMac? I donšt have a floppy drive, and I heard it was possible. I have > dial up and can't afford Linux on CD right now. > > Second, > I had SuSE 7.0 and pitched it in the trash, because I kept installing it > but I restart or shut down my machine and when I reboot I get a blank gray > screen like MacOS is trying to boot up. How do I know Debian won't do this? > I heard it had something to do with open firmware, but I just recently got > this mac and was a PC guru for years. I need some help.
this is because the way suse sets up thier bootloader is broken. debian documents how to do it correctly. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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