That's *exactly* what I was wanting to hear. So there is no native boot ability available for either PPC or m68k? I have a 610 I'd love to get running linux, and I have a 660AV with 64MB ram that i'd love to get running with some kind of dual-boot thing. Thats what I needed to know. I thought something came out with information I didn't already find :)
B (12 macs + 1 Core i7 Server with 7 Virtual Machines) On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh man, I hadn't thought about some of the stuff Dana did in forever. > > The craziest thing I remember was she compiled PearPC for Debian m68k on > a Quadra, and was working on booting OS X in it. ISTR she ran into byte > order problems, but it got at least as far as the grey Apple screen > after some number of days. Never did see the results, but I've always > planned on trying it myself. My 840AV started having problems around the > time I was going to try it. > > As far as Linux goes, for pre-Open Firmware machines I believe the only > option is to use to MacOS based bootloader like BootX, miBoot, and quik. > For Old World, later Open Firmware based machines ISTR there being some > specific things that could be done to boot them. > http://www.jonh.net/lppcfom-serve/cache/820.html has some information on > it. > > The usual method I used on my 68k Macs I had running Linux was a teeny > (as in, 4-5 megs, or less even) partition with a minimal System 7.1 boot > and the BootX extension set to autoboot and in startup. Mac OS would > boot very quickly being so stripped down, and it'd immediately jump into > Linux and boot nicely. I used an 840AV and a Q605 as my primary mail > server at home for years. Finally had to retire them after the need for > more processing power got too great. I always did net installs though, > so I never had to worry about CD boots and things. > > Scott > > Britt Dodd wrote: > > Well see, my thing is I dont really understand *how* to initially get > > the linux CD to boot. I'm almost positive its not as easy as popping > > in the CD and holding down C at boot....and If i'm installing linux on > > a mac,I dont want to initiate the process via MacOS. > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Emerson William dos Santos Moura > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > I remember a Dana´s (www.danamania.com <http://www.danamania.com>) > > old message (2 or 3 years ago) > > in the list Debian-PPC with a complex how-to install Debian newer > than > > Debian Sarge in Macs Old World. > > > > Do you know any simple way to do this installation? Or Debian was > > further supported for Macs Old World? > > > > > > >> Kubuntu (KDE) 9.04: > > >> > > <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/ports/releases/9.04/release/> > > >> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/ports/releases/9.04/release/ > > >> Kubuntu (KDE) 9.10: > > >> > > <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/ports/releases/9.10/release/> > > >> > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/ports/releases/9.10/release/ > > >> Or an old version of Xubuntu (XFCE) 6.06: > > >> <http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.06/release/> > > >> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/6.06/release/ > > >> Remember: (K / X) Ubuntu´s install supports only New World > > Macs. For > > >> Old World, only up to version 3.0 - Woody (maybe 3.1 - > > Sarge) of > > >> Debian and some other distributions of Linux. > > > > > > Debian 5.0 (Lenny) installs on Old World Macs. > > > > > > > > -- > > Emerson W.S.Moura > > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage > > Macs group. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml > > and our netiquette guide is at > > http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To leave this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > > > > <mailto:vintage-macs%[email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and > > our netiquette guide is at > http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to > > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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