Manufacturer specifications: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_500_late_2001.html
Debian classification: https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install * /All current Apple computers released since 2006, run on Intel processors, and boot using EFI (a successor to the earlier BIOS)./ * /Older Apple computers (1998–2005) run on PowerPC processors, and boot using OpenFirmware./ * /Even older Apple computers (pre-1998 Macs) run on Motorola 68000 (m68k) processors. / /Most pages refer to current (Intel-based) models, but powerpc is also a supported architecture. m68k has not been supported since etch (2007), but packages still exist in unstable. / Debian supported: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnPowerPC Current downloads: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.2.0/powerpc/iso-cd/ Installation guide: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ El 19/10/15 a les 05:23, Rick Thomas ha escrit: > Hi Art, > > Is there any reason you need specifically Lenny? Current Debian for > PowerPC is Jessie, which is a couple of generations beyond Lenny. > > Is it that your processor is a G3, not G4? I don't know if the more > recent Debian versions support G3 any more, but that would be a good > reason for using Lenny. > > In any case, the DVD iso for Lenny for PowerPC is downloadable for free at > > http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/7.9.0/powerpc/iso-dvd/ > > Feel free to ask at debian-powe...@lists.debian.org > <mailto:debian-powe...@lists.debian.org> if there is anything else I > or others can do to help. > > Rick > > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Art Grandi <wanwa...@gmail.com > <mailto:wanwa...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi! > > I would like to acquire a DVD version of Debian Lenny, in order > to try recovering an ibook G3 Dual (M6497). > > CAn you help me in any way? Do you know of any other Linux > version that might fit this computer, which you would recommend ? > > I intend to use this machine on the road, mostly for writing > documents and emails, and editing simple recordings of my guitar. > > nice day for all of you that do such a nice work to help people > around the world, > > art grandi > >
