Mark Rowe wrote: > I was one of the people who signed up for the Installfest, mainly to > get my hands on a PowerPC version of Linux for my new TiBook. When I > realised how far away the Installfest was, one of my friends offered > to download Mandrake 8.2 PPC for me. I have the ISOs already > downloaded, and can bring them along and assist with installations.
That would be very much appreciated. I have installed Mandrake i586 'on more that one occasion' but not as frequently as 'do it every day mate'. I am particularly interested to know how it works out on a PPC based machine. My son's school has a clutch of iMacs and I think it would be a good idea for the children to have a choice of o/s. I would be game to give it a go 'with you', as opposed to 'for you', provided that:- You understand that none of us have every done exactly what you want to do, therefore it could all turn to custard with the greatest of ease. Neither we, the Christchurch Linux Users Group, nor I, have any responsibility as to the disposal of the resulting pie. You have backed up the whole of your existing setup, or at least can re-install the existing o/s and applications from scratch. On a i586 PC Mandrake does all the right things to dual boot, but I have no idea what happens on a PPC install. I just don't know. In the meantime you might care to read:- http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/29/ibook_linux.html http://www.gentoo.org/doc/gentooppc-quickstart.html I am a convert to gentoo linux. For me, having several years of unix and Linux experience, it's just what I need and want. I will get a PPC install .iso disk prepared. Christopher Sawtell >> Silly me >> >> I'm stuck in Auckland this week so I didn't think I could download those >> Mandrake/PPC isos. After sending the msg I realised I can ssh into my >> computer at home and start the download now. So I should have them for >> Saturday. > > >
