On 16/09/10 20:58, don warner saklad wrote:
How do you setup GNU/Linux on an iMac apple computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G4 with Panther OS X 10.3.9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_10.3 ?...
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It's been a long while, but IIRC you should be able to do it with something like YellowDog Linux (which I believe is a DVD) or an Ubuntu PowerPC version. I gather that PowerPC support has been dropped recently in Ubuntu but you might find that Ubuntu 8.04 PPC would do the job. When you have a disc (CD or DVD) burnt, restart the Mac with the disc in and hold down the C key. It *should* boot from the CD. I believe you press enter at the prompt (it'll be a black and white screen) and follow it from there (I think with Ubuntu it'll be the text installer). When it's installed it should boot into yaboot (which is like a PPC version of Lilo) and then you can choose to boot into Linux or if you've kept OSX installed alongside Linux you can boot into that too. This might give you some pointers to get started with: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPC and http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/downloads/ (the YellowDog page seems to mainly cover installing Linux on the PS3). Hope this helps. As I say it's been a while (good 4 or 5 years) since I installed it on my iMac G3 so my memory is a bit sketchy. Rob