Boot Image on iMac G3

Socks · #1 30th April 2008, 09:12 PM

I downloaded the DVD image and burnt that to DVD, then mounted and burnt boot.iso, but neither will boot my iMac. Any ideas?

leigh123linux · #2 30th April 2008, 09:24 PM

Moved to PPC

stoat · #3 30th April 2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Socks

I downloaded the DVD image and burnt that to DVD, then mounted and burnt boot.iso, but neither will boot my iMac. Any ideas?

Hello Socks,

I guess for the record, I will ask the obligatory questions. What ISO file exactly did you download? Were you careful to burn the image in the ISO file to disk and not the ISO file itself? Will anything else boot from your optical drive?

Socks · #4 30th April 2008, 09:29 PM

I'm using an Intel mac to write the files - 10.5.

I downloaded the image from http://download.fedoraproject.org/pu...-8-ppc-DVD.iso

I used Disk Utility to do the burn - when I checked the contents, everything looked right (I.E. folders, etc.)

And the Mac OS 10.2 Install Disk will boot from my optical drive, last I checked.

majikthise · #5 1st May 2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Socks

I downloaded the DVD image and burnt that to DVD, then mounted and burnt boot.iso, but neither will boot my iMac. Any ideas?

I'm puzzled by what you meant by mounted and burnt.iso Didn't you just directly burn the iso with burning tools?

Socks · #6 1st May 2008, 01:35 AM

Well, when you download the .iso image on a mac, you can mount it, like any removable media. I then burnt the contents to a CD.

majikthise · #7 1st May 2008, 01:42 AM

That's sort of what I figured.

I just needed your confirmation.

Don't mount the image! Open your disc burning app and select *burn image to disc*

Socks · #8 1st May 2008, 01:53 AM

Well, my disk burning app is Apple's Disk Utility. I think I get what you're saying though.

So, I burn the boot.iso to a disk, then I can install and boot with that?

majikthise · #9 1st May 2008, 02:01 AM

If it can burn dvd sized ISOs then yes. I haven't used Mac OSX since the very first version came out, so I guess I'm a little out of touch with things in that department.

Good Luck.

Having Fedora 8 on my G4 is really great.

Socks · #10 1st May 2008, 02:17 AM

Wait - boot.iso is ~50 megabytes. I need to burn it to a DVD? Or do I do the entire "Fedora 8 ppc DVD.iso" image?

majikthise · #11 1st May 2008, 02:25 AM

Yes the Fedora 8 ppc DVD.iso (4GB)

ppesci · #12 1st May 2008, 04:19 PM

As far as I know, you need only burn the Fedora8 iso disk (but do not mount it as majikthise says). boot.iso images must be used for special cases when the regular Fedora8 burned iso disk doesn't work, but I think this is not your case.

HTH

majikthise · #13 1st May 2008, 04:43 PM

Is the G3 iMac classed as NewWorld? If so he doesn't need the boot.iso (I don't)

If he can't install with just the dvd then yes, he will have to burn the 50Mb boot.iso

Socks · #14 1st May 2008, 09:16 PM

Well, I tried that, and held the C key, but it booted Mac OS, and then refused to recognize the disk. I'm going to try burning another one.

EDIT: No, my computer won't recognize it at all - even in the Finder.

majikthise · #15 1st May 2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Socks

Well, I tried that, and held the C key, but it booted Mac OS, and then refused to recognize the disk. I'm going to try burning another one.

EDIT: No, my computer won't recognize it at all - even in the Finder.

Ok, I think you might have to burn at a lower speed, or try a different burning application.

Check your newly burnt DVD within the finder, it *should* be readable with Mac OS.

When you hold down the C key, keep it held down until the boot prompt appears. You will see a string of cccccc across the screen, just backspace to delete them, and type linux and press enter.