You may want to subscribe to the debian-powerpc (or is it debian-ppc?) mailing list and ask questions there. You're much more likely to hit someone who's knowledgeable about the iMac platform there.
I've been (very very slowly) gathering some information about how to load Debian on my new iMac DV SE, and have run across a number of issues that the folks there have been very helpful in trying to track down. Linux on the PPC platform is a whole new ballgame for me, but it's fun. If you want "seamless" or relatively easy Linux installations on PPC, the recent reviews of the LinuxPPC distribution have been encouraging. Personally, I will probably continue fighting through trying to get Debian installed. I haven't really gotten very excited about OSX yet, but I do spend some time in that strange environment these days messing around with it and seeing what I can break on purpose. I don't think I can stomach their licensing and strange way they're doing devel on Darwin at Apple and keeping some of it closed-source, and some open-source. Very odd. On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:47:12PM -0500, Dippy Black wrote: > I am trying to install debian 2.2 from the CD on my Imac DV (slotloading). I > burned the CD myself. It boots okay and enters the install process. > > The problem arises after Install Op System Kernel and Modules. I choose cdrom. > It then says, Please choose path inside the cdrom where the Debian Archive > resides. It defaults to /instmt. Clicking okay it does nothing. I then tried > just listing from root. It then gives me 2 options: list and manual. I try > list > and it reports that it can not find a directory on the cd containing file > rescue.bin. I then try manual and have tried several trees here. the one > that > would seem appropriate is > /dists/potato/main/disks-powerpc/2.2.16-2000-07-26/powermac/images-1.44/rescue.bin > > This does not seem acceptable either. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if > this has been covered before. I could find nothing at the web site. I tried > IRC > and there was no one that could help there. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
