Re: Ubuntu on PB rev2

[Brian Sammon]

> Has anyone gotten Ubuntu on a Powerbook G3 233MHz (66MHz bus?) installed? I
> can't seem to boot off the cd. Thanks in advance!

A G3-233 is an old-world machine.  Old world machines are harder to get linux 
onto.
I think Ubuntu doesn't support old-world machines.
In general, you'll probably find a distro release that is 3 or more years old 
will install more smoothly on an oldworld machine.  Also, you may need to make 
boot floppies.



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Re: linux on a pismo

[Brian Sammon]

> hey small price to pay for the rest of it all, What other linux will run
> on the pismo or even the 366 ibook clam as i have one of those sat doing
> nothing at the moment.

The primary criterion is whether the Mac is "OldWorld" (Openfirmware version 
<3) or "NewWorld" (OpenFirmware version >= 3)
The pismo and all models of ibook are New World systems.  Any PPC version of 
linux will boot and install on any New World system.  It's possible that 
certain components of certain models may not be as well supported as under 
OSX, but you will be able to install Linux.
Here's a list of different linux versions:  http://www.penguinppc.org/about/dis
tributions.php



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Re: Kanga problem diagnosis

[Brian Sammon]

> Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. 
> It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, 
> but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new 
> backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the 
> PowerBook seems to be working fine otherwise. I just don't want to pour, 
> say, $350 or more into it, since I could find a better older PowerBook 
> for about that much. Does this sound reasonable or am I dreamin'? I just 
> hate to see good hardware go to waste, even if it is a bit dated.

If you're comfortable doing your own repairs, there's a guide to replacing the 
backlight on a laptop at http://www.jkllamps.com/laptop.cfm



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Re: Lombard optical drive - problems with CD-R media ???

[Brian Sammon]

> I am picking up a Lombard tomorrow, but the seller says
> that the DVD player has problems with CD-R media as
> opposed to factory burned disks. He says that this is a
> common problem with Wallstreets, Lombards and Pismos.

I've had problems booting my lombard from 700MB CD-Rs that were remedied by
burning the image to a 650 CD-R (which are unfortunately rarer these days).
I was told on a different mailing list that this was a known problem.



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