G4 Mini going to OSX after linux — #30

Post #30 by QuadSix50

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Sun, 29 Nov 2009 - 03:24
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/g4-mini-going-to-osx-after-linux.16762/

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It actually turns out that my boot media is all junk. I decided to pop the Debian Linux boot cd I used two years ago and it went right into the boot menu. I've got new media coming down the wire right now, as another working boot CD I found simply kernel panics during boot. I may even have to pull a miracle out my posterior and somehow get the bootable info from the broken CD over to my non-booting DVD...

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Burn at the slowest speed possible to make media which will be most usable. Some cheap media or low powered drives (such as laptop drives, like in a mini) aren't good at high speeds.

I second this. Especially with Ubuntu, I've only had luck when burning at the lowest speed (even the next to lowest speed if I don't feel like waiting that long).