Linux PPC Live-CD not booting: why?

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 02:47:16PM +0100, Luca Manganelli wrote:
> Hi, I'm a totaly newbie with PPC systmes (my friend has an old iMac G4
> 733 Mhz - the mac that fits all into a roundet and transparent
> blue-white CRT monitor).
> I have recorded a CD with live version of ubuntu and gave it to my
> friend. My friend inserted into CD, then rebooted its Mac OS X and
> none happened: boots only to Mac OS X. Pheraps there's a command to
> boot to CD and not to HD?

You typically need to hold down the 'c' key during boot to boot from CD.
Alternatively, hold down Option during boot and you'll get a graphical
menu.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]