boot from external firewire drive on PPC G5

[ramcell]

Installation of Debian 40r3 went fine to an external firewire drive, but it won't boot when I select it from the boot menu. It shows a Linux drive with firewire emblem but when I select it, it just boots to OSX. Is there a fix or trick for this ?

[stream303]

Yes, see this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=314237

I've booted firewire drives on my G5 for both Ubuntu and Debian Etch / Lenny-testing with this. It looks a bit involved, but once you do it, it won't seem so painful. :)

You may not need the OFBOOT line.