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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2003 6:59 pm    Post subject: iBook install?? Reply with quote

Ok I am not that familiar with the mac-fdisk stuff. I got my hands on a iBook 700Mhz with 256Mb of RAM. Was going to try to set up Gentoo on it but don't know where I went wrong. When I went to reboot i just sit there with the little mac icon folder flashing the face and a ? at me and Gentoo doesnt boot. Anybody want to slap me and tell me what I did wrong?
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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2003 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you've got the Gentoo CD in the drive, try holding down the "c" key as you turn on the machine. That should force it to boot from the CD.
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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2003 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep i get that far. I am talking about going thru the whole install then i get to the reboot command. System reboots and just sits at the Mac screen with the flashing folder with the mac logo and the ?
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PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2003 9:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

resolved!! Yay!!
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