ppc-cd apparently not working

[memius]

i just burned a cd with debian 5.0 for powerpc.

i did this from macosx using disk utility -> burn image. this exact procedure worked for the ubuntu x86 cd that i burned for a i386 machine yesterday.

however, when i boot the mac (mini) with the debian-ppc cd inserted, i boots into macosx as if the disk was not bootable.

should i try again with a different disk, or is there some gotcha with booting from bootable disks on macosx?

[iwanabeguru]

Hi

I've only seen a mac once, but you should configure the boot priority in.
In an i686 pc you can do this in the bios , probably the mac also have some bios like stuff.

If no change after this , the disk can be wrong. Maybe it get corrupted under the download process.

Try the disk in a i686 machine if it try to boot then the disk is good.

[madrazo]

Probably late and silly reply, but just in case...

...you are pressing "C" while booting, right? (pressing "C" tells the system it has to boot from the CD)