Mac newbie unable to boot Hoary LiveCD / PPC

[Jared Peck]

Sounds like if the CD is OK, you need to set the bios to boot from the
CD-ROM on start.  Usually this is done by holding down a key at startup
(ESC, F2, or something else).  


-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Johan Walles
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:34 PM
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Mac newbie unable to boot Hoary LiveCD / PPC

I've attempted to run the Hoary LiveCD on a 400MHz G3 Macintosh.  
Unforturnately I was unable to even boot from the CD :-(.  Since I have 
almost never attempted to do anything to a Mac before, I'm probably 
doing some very basic mistake.

Anyway, I burned the CD using "cdrecord" on an i386 Warty system, 
passing no flags to cdrecord except the minimum required for burning 
the CD.

I inserted it into the Mac as soon as possible after the boot process 
had started.  The computer booted MacOS9.

It did find the CD, and it was called something like "Ubuntu Hoary 
LiveCD PPC".  It did contain a bunch of folders, with one named 
"Install" that had a happy face on it.  So for some definition of "OK", 
the CD seemed OK.

I then re-booted the system again, with the CD still in the drive.  
MacOS9 booted.

I then re-booted the system and held down the "c" button during the 
boot sequence.  MacOS9 booted.

I then found a tool called "Välj startskiva" (En: "Choose start (boot?) 
disk").  It presented a list with the hard drive, the Ubuntu CD and the 
network in it.  The Ubuntu CD was greyed out :-(.

What should I try that I haven't already?

  Regards //Johan


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