On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 10:24 -0500, fedora-test-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>Paul Nasrat wrote: >> >>Here is a 32 bit image that will boot your mac off a usb key >>[...] >>dd if=ppcboot.img of=/dev/sda bs=1k >> >>done >> > >[...] > >pop the usb key into your mac. Power up holding the option key (alt) >>down and you should get the graphical chooser. Choose the disk with >>the >>USB logo below it and the small tux log. >> >>Click on the -> arrow and it should take you there. >> >no luck, does not work here. >the only 2 boot devices i can see: > mac os x (hda2) > linux = fc3-rawhide (hda4) >but not the usb-stick, the usb-stick-led (256mb) is flickering >afaik the mac can not boot from usb but firwire [T]. > > >for now i did the installation via regular nfs (not iso). > > ># sha1sum ppcboot.img >0074caa1772d12ee969decb9c222614b47cb7d67 ppcboot.img > > 0074caa1772d12ee969decb9c222614b47cb7d67 ppcboot.img > > >-- >shrek-m > >Re: Fedora Core 4 PPC usb boot image -- I have another possible workaround. (did this with Core 3 PPC on powerbook_G4) I used an external USB-CDR drive to load the Core install CD's, after (boot.iso) booting on the internal powerbook CD drive. It was then not a problem to change out the install CDs with the external CDR. --- thefris