Take a look at this guide by Branden Robinson. It is listed as being for an iBook, but I think it will work on any of the "New World" Macs. I was also able to install Debian 3.0 a few weeks ago by using just a ramdisk and kernel on my "Old World" 8500.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html Should get you going for a "media-less install." cheers vinai On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Gregory Seidman wrote: > ... > > What I'd like to do is be able to install a basic system which can be > apt-get'd into shape without ever messing with burning CDs or the like. > Ideally, I'd like to be able to download an installer for MacOS (OS X, > preferably) which would let me wipe an existing partition and install that > base system. Naturally, I'd have to reboot into Linux to apt-get it into > shape, but it'd be nice if the installation itself didn't require a reboot > from CD. > > Is there anything like this out there? Does anyone think it's worth > pursuing if there isn't?