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.
Well supposedly you can boot on an Old World Mac without a Mac OS but it required software that was buggy and you have to know how to do it because no one seemed to have written down how. > > 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. > > -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- ----- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
