Re: bootable usb-stick forPB G4 17 ?

2014-04-25 Thread Britt Dodd
AFAIK, OpenFirmware on the Powerbook G4 will not boot from USB devices, except if its a CDROM. Or at least that was what I found when trying to install Ubuntu/Gentoo/Lubuntu on my PBG4. Unless the drive isn't stock, I believe all Powerbook G4's should be able to read from and boot from DVDs, so

Re: bootable usb-stick forPB G4 17 ?

2014-04-25 Thread Britt Dodd
Lars got itthat should work On Apr 25, 2014 4:15 PM, fari...@arcor.de wrote: Am 25.04.2014 21:45, schrieb Britt Dodd: AFAIK, OpenFirmware on the Powerbook G4 will not boot from USB devices, except if its a CDROM. Or at least that was what I found when trying to install Ubuntu/Gentoo

Re: have you got a really old computer

2014-03-07 Thread Britt Dodd
I have a colocated server (running xenserver) that I could load up with QEMU to emulate a 486 machine. I could give this to the list if anybody is interested. I also have a real 486 machine too I might be able to dig out of storage too. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Israel

Re: iTunes on Ubuntu and all its official variants

2013-12-13 Thread Britt Dodd
list hashing algorithm changed and the list would wipe out if incorrect. That was fixed a couple of months after. Banshee works well, amarok also works well but Banshee is more visually appealing. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Britt Dodd brittman...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations on trying

Lubuntu/PPC

2013-11-17 Thread Britt Dodd
I'd like to offer my help with testing and setting up buildd's for PowerPC G4/G5 (I have 6 G4 XServe's and 1 G5 XServe). Dont know if we have other PPC fans running Lubuntu, but i'd like to keep Lubuntu running on PPC. -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings

Re: Just Checking :)

2013-11-05 Thread Britt Dodd
I'm on the mailing list. I'm running (attempting to) Lubuntu 13.04 on a Powerbook G4 1.67 as well as eventually on a few G4 XServes (once I get my DIY server rack finished). Things like the touchpad are extremely wonky (the cursor movement is very square-ish -- the cursor moves less in diagonal