this mac is old enough that it could be booted from one of the old DiskTools floppies from Apple, say 8.0 -- i believe these are free for download. although my computers complain, they will run off these.
(actually this one might boot the entire free version of macos7 i wonder this is like the first pci mac...) thus giving a toehold for bootx to boot off debian install cd. problem for him to make alone with only windoz around?? --- Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 09:00:41AM +0100, Hans > Ekbrand wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 04:16:43PM -0600, > kendall14 wrote: > > > > > I don't know much about linux or mac but I want > to install a linux > > > operating system to a old mac. The system is a > mac 5500/225 with a 2GB > > > HDD and all downloading will be done on a > windows xp computer. The mac > > > does not boot, it will just put a floppy on the > screen. I have a CD > > > burner and no floppy drive but once in a while I > can use one on a > > > computer that has a cd-rom drive and a floppy > drive with windows xp. I > > > need to to use minimum floppies and if at all > possible none (doubt) or > > > one floppy. So my question is , what operating > system should I use for > > > it and how can do the install? > > > > Oldworld macs (and I believe 5500 is oldworld) > cannot be booted from > > the debian-installer CD. So if there is no MacOS > present on the HD, > > you have to > > > > A) Install MacOS from CD (that CD can obviously > boot the machine) > > B) Install Debian from floppies. > > To clarify, do A or B. > > -- > Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signature generated by Signify v1.14. For this and > more, visit http://www.debian.org/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]