[ale] LinuxPPC image, is it iso9660?

[Wandered Inn]

Andrew Newton wrote:
> 
> I ran into the same problem, though I never got to the
> bottom of it.
> 
> I believe it is a special format designed for Apples.
> The reason it isn't ISO9660 and it is this "special"
> format is that they wanted it bootable on a Mac.

Well that pretty much sucks.  So basically I've got a coaster and a huge
file that's probably totally useless to me.  Anyone know of a PPC iso I
can get my hands on that I can burn to a cd from my Linux box?

> 
> If you want to know if it worked, but the CD in the
> computer and hold down the 'C' key during boot time.
> The computer should boot off of the CDROM instead of
> the default boot device.

I suspect you're referring to the mac?  If so, I'm out of luck as I
don't have one.  I really don't want to give this to the guy I was
burning it for, as he's just wanting to try Linux, and I don't want to
turn him off by giving him a disk that won't boot.

> 
> At the end of the day, the safe bet is to order the
> CD's from LinuxPPC.com.  I believe the cost is $20
> or so.

Yeah, well, the bandwidth was available and he's a poor college kid.  I
thought I could get him something without costing him or I any $$$.

> 
> -Andy
> 
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 08:46:24AM -0500, Wandered Inn wrote:
> > I downloaded the 'apparent' LinuxPPC image from linuxiso.org, then
> > attempted to mount it using the loop device.  No go.  I figured what the
> > hell, so I burnt, what now appears to be a coaster of this 'image.'
> > Question is, I assumed that this would be an iso9660 format.  I
> > downloaded this for someone else, and know little about Apple hardware,
> > but expected that they use the same cdrom format, since I've purchased
> > cdrom games that have both Windows and Mac versions on the same cdrom.
> >
> > The md5sums checkout, any suggestions or enlightenments would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
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