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Re: [edlug] Installing Linux on Mac PowerPC G4



On Wednesday 23 August 2006 21:37, Robert Rothenberg wrote:
> I have tried installing Debian 3.1 and Ubuntu 6.06.1 on a Mac G4.
> Installers for both have crashed.  A cursory search of the internet shows
> people have had similar issues, solved supposedly by upgrading the Open
> Firmware or even the CD-ROM.
>
> Has anyone experience installing Linux on older G4?

I installed Ubuntu 6.06 desktop ppc on a Mac G4 a while back. It just worked - 
I'm not aware of having to do anything special to get it to install.

For clarity I should say I already had Ubuntu 5.10 installed, and tried first 
of all to upgrade it to Ubuntu 6.06. This upgrade did not work successfully - 
can't remember the details - so I then downloaded the 6.06 CD and installed a 
new system happily from that.
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Denis Leslie
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