[plug] linux on an imac

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

Almost sounds like keyboard commands are not reaching your Mac..
If you press option key you should get a list of potential start up devices.

If you can't get OF, nothing, I'd test the keyboard / connectors..

Tomasz

On 8/21/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:38 +0800, Daniel J. Axtens wrote:
> > I may be wrong, but I thought you needed to hold down Apple-C....
> >
> > Daniel
> >
>
> Thanks.  Whether that combo, or any others suggested, it seems that no
> matter what key combo I try I can't get anything other than the flashing
> mac/?.  Very frustrating.  I'd be tempted to think that I didn't connect
> something internal correctly, but then it's a pain to pull it all apart
> again :-(.  OTOH, if I was doing it right I should be able to get to the
> OpenFirmware even if the drives were disconnected, surely? :-/
>
> Gavin.
>
>
> > On 8/21/06, Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Try apple command p r (in that order) to reset the boot device. Maybe
> > > it is fixed to the internal HDD in OF or something?
> > >
> > > Tomasz
> > >
> > > On 8/21/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 12:28 +0800, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> > > > > On 8/21/06, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > -snip-
> > > >
> > > > > > Anyone been successful with _any_ flavour of linux on a 1998-vintage
> > > > > > imac with NO mac software available?  Could you please point me to a
> > > > > > howto?  Thanks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gavin.
> > > > > >
> > > > > I've just nabbed one of these. All you should need to do is hold "C"
> > > > > on boot. I've tried to install Linux on these but cannot get past the
> > > > > bootloaders in testing versions of Gentoo (haven't tried stable I'll
> > > > > admit).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for quick reply, Tomasz.  The howtos I posted originally may be
> > > > of use on your problem :-).
> > > >
> > > > Sadly, neither 'c' nor 'apple+alt+o+f' get me past the flashing icon :-(
> > > >
> > > > > The icon you're seeing is stating "Can't find boot device".
> > > >
> > > > I thought as much, but the damn thing won't go away.  I even tried a
> > > > different distro boot/install CD, but no good.  I can hear the CD
> > > > spinning up, but it is not being seen as a boot device :-(
> > > >
> > > > Gavin.
> > > >
> > > >
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