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[UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

May be, if Greg is reading this, he can try just for a moment, to boot
from the usb by holding down the option-key on the mac power on chime
. . . (?) If it works for him too, i'd presume that's a rule for the
OF G4 . . .

Cheers.


2012/10/18 Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Uli,
>
> Hmm, seems different Macs use different key command to access the usb
> device.... What a surprise :/
>
> If you and Greg can discuss your findings and update the wiki[1]
> accordingly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/PPC
>
>
> On 18 October 2012 20:03, UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Just a small notice which, eventually is worht to be mentioned on some
>> faq: Right now i'm trying to install via alternate lubuntu 12.10 to my
>> PB G4 17". Since, in case of the alternate Greg's OpenFirmware boot
>> commandline did not work, i tried booting keeping down the Option-key
>> and, voilà, the usb-stick appeared within the bootable options. If
>> that is a rule for all OpenFirmware Macs would be easier to direct the
>> people to this (?)
>>
>> Cheers, Uli
>>
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