Mac newbie unable to boot Hoary LiveCD / PPC

[Byron Poland]

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:34:21 -0800, Johan Walles <walles at mailblocks.com> wrote:
> 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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Hi, I'm no mac expert.  But what you need to do is stick it into your
mac with the computer on, restart the computer and hold the "c" key to
tell it to boot by cd.  that should do It I think.    If your mac
ejects the cd on restart, someone else will have to chime in to help.