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[UH <uhtlmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, i forgot: You have to a bit patient takes 1 or 2 minutes to make
appear all (in my case also a bootable firewire hd, i keep as a
reserve ;) )

2012/10/18 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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