Mac PowerBook G4 titanium

dunnery · 02-17-2016, 05:46 AM

Hey guys, could anyone point me to a ISO file for a Mac G4 PowerBook titanium. I've wasted about fifteen CDs and 6 days trying to figure this out the old macs don't seem to deal with Linux. There seems to be something weird with the pre Intel macs. There is a lot of documentation online but none of them work. I even tried Ubuntu and mint but I'm always left on reboot with a blank screen. Any ideas? Which Debian? Thank you.

rokytnji · 02-17-2016, 07:47 AM

You need a ppa iso. Built for these old Macs. Since specs are low. Plus you seem lost.

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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) Netboot

For advice on using netboot images, see the installation guide. These are generally aimed at experienced users with special requirements.
Select an architecture to install 14.04 with trusty's 3.13 kernel (supported until April 2019)

amd64 - For 64-bit Intel/AMD (x86_64)
i386 - For 32-bit Intel/AMD (x86)
arm64 - For 64-bit ARM (ARMv8)
armhf (generic, generic-lpae, keystone) - For 32-bit ARM (ARMv7)
ppc64el - For Little-Endian PowerPC (POWER8)
powerpc (32-bit, 64-bit, e500, e500mc) - For Big-Endian PowerPC

Select the 32bit iso for download. A net install of Ubuntu Is not the easiest. But is not that hard either. Because I have done it.
I can't answer for macs though. I never owned one.

Isos are here
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/trusty/

As you run the net install hooked up to landline.

Install fluxbox window manager. Synaptic. Lightdm. smtube. restricted extras. flashplayer. seamonkey browser. midnight commander. rox terminal and urxvt. gdebi. mousepad. geany. spacefm. audacious music player. mpv for movies. Dillo browser.

My suggestions are light because your laptop is low powered.. Or if you do not want to deal with a net install of ubuntu. Use PPC version of Lubuntu.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/re...14.04/release/

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Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) desktop image
For Apple Macintosh G3, G4, and G5 computers, including iBooks and PowerBooks as well as older IBM OpenPower 7xx machines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRQkKMXkqxE

If wanting debian instead

https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install

dunnery · 02-17-2016, 07:30 PM

I tried everything but it won't install. The last thing I did was install Debian for Ppc for Mac PowerBook and the installation went in but I noticed a FAILED piece of code on reboot. That said ' failed to start load kernel modules.
I have no idea what this is

Is there a 32 bit disk repair for Mac PowerBook G4?
I would love to put Debian on this thing. It's driving me nuts.

dunnery · 02-19-2016, 05:39 PM

There is a Debian install for power Mac G4 that installs wheezy. It's Called mini. It actually works although it could not install the gnome desktop. But it does work. Thank god for that.