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@James King

The first thing needed to boot from your usb port is to copy the Live  
CD iso to a USB flash drive. I use the instructions found below  
(manual approach), but I eliminate the steps for converting the iso to  
an img file type. I've found it unnecessary. My powermacs and iBook G4  
will all boot from an iso file.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20install%20Ubuntu%20on%20MacBook%20using%20USB%20Stick

After you create your usb flash drive, then try the following:

To boot my Powermac G4's from the usb flash drive, I  hold down the  
option key (alt key) while starting the computer. Then choose the usb  
flash drive from the list.

To boot my iBook G4, I start the computer in open firmware mode by  
holding down the "option-apple-O-F" key combination while starting the  
laptop, When the open firmware window opens, type this:

boot usb1/disk@1:2,\\yaboot

or

boot usb0/disk@1:2,\\yaboot

The iBook has 2 usb ports. Depending on which port I place the usb  
flash drive into, one of the above commands will work.

If neither of the above techniques work for your G4 mac mini, then  
Google is your friend. I don't have a mac mini to personally test, but  
I seem to recall reading the open firmware method is the one which  
works with the mini.

BTW, I just tried booting the June 22 Live iso and it failed on my  
Powermac G4. First time that's happened for me with 13.10. I booted  
with live-nosplash and the snd-powermac boot parameter and it is  
seeming to hang at the network configuration stage. I will have more  
time to investigate tomorrow.

Keith

On Jun 22, 2013, at 7:53 AM, James King wrote:

> It was the PPC daily image from June 21 that I got from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/daily-live/current/saucy-desktop-powerpc.iso
>
> I tried burning twice on two different machines. (I thought it was a  
> bad burn at first, too.)
>
> Can the first-generation Mac Mini boot from a USB? I know to hold  
> "C" down to boot from CD, how would I boot from USB?
>
> I'll try today's image and if I have the same results, I'll try to  
> file a bug. I was told about the iso tracker, but last night I got  
> intimidated because the tracker asked for a bug number, and I hadn't  
> filed a bug yet. There also didn't seem to be an easy way to file a  
> new bug from the tracker page: only easy ways to report already- 
> existing bugs.
>
> I was hoping to be able to help out, since I had a PPC Mac Mini I  
> could use to test. But maybe I got in over my head. I seem to be  
> harming more than helping.
>
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 5:51 AM, <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HI James,
>
> Which daily did you try?
>
> The Lubuntu daily Live image from June 21 booted (with the typical  
> video and snd boot parameters) and ran fine on my Dual 1.25 GHz MDD.
>
> To save CDs, I boot from a USB flash stick. Maybe you just got a bad  
> burn.
>
>
> On Jun 21, 2013, at 9:03 PM, James King wrote:
>
> I downloaded the image and burned it with Xfburn on the Mac Mini.
>
> Booting up from the CD is typical with yaboot: I put in the radeon  
> line to boot to the Mini.
>
> Then the Plymouth text screen starts, first with a cyan background,  
> then after about 3-4 minutes it switches to a black background and  
> the progress periods change from white to orangeish and back without  
> going to the live screen. (or at least they haven't for 2 hours now,  
> I'll go to sleep with the computer doing this just in case  
> something's really really slow.)
>
> My LiveCD from 6/13 boots fine and installs fine.
>
> I'll try again with tomorrow's liveCD.
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