I have been trying to install Debian linux 3.1 in a macintosh performa 6360, 603e processor. Well, I installed Debian in it, but only the basic package, where I can access the system in text mode only.
When I try to install the complete system using the Debian CDs installation a mensage is showed to me saying that :
"cdrom device was detected but does not seem to have a Debian CD in it".
I had some troubles to install the basic system also, so my computer did not recognise the Cds, then I transferred the CDs´folders for my hard disk. When I made the copy from CDs to my Hard Disk, I could conclude the basic installation. After the basic system be installed, I could not acces the partition where I copied Debian folders that were in MacOs partition.
Could anybody help me with informations about Debian for power PC installation?
Thanks.

hi,

i installed debian woody on an imac quite a while ago, and also ran into problems with the cd-rom..

going from memory here, i seem to remember that the device node in /dev hadn't been created (and it was a scsi device?) - i googled some of the debian mailing lists and a solution was there - the node had to be manually created (using mknod), but i'm sorry i can't remember the parameters.

it's also possible, given that you suggest the drive has been recognised, that a symbolic link to the device node might be missing - is there a /dev/cdrom?

other than that, i'm not sure. but i certainly came across an issue with cd-roms / debian / macintosh!