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Old 03-23-2005, 03:04 PM   #1
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old world mac

I have a beige g3 system on which I would like to run Linux but I am lacking a MacOS installation. Is there any way to make it boot Linux?
 
Old 03-23-2005, 03:06 PM   #2
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There is a way. I have never tried it but there is a distrobution for PowerPCs (Macs) called Yellow Dog Linux. http://yellowdoglinux.com/

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Old 03-23-2005, 03:27 PM   #3
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Yellowdog is only for new world mac. Debian and Mandrake will both run on old macs but they seem to require a working MacOs installation which I do not have.
 
Old 03-23-2005, 03:32 PM   #4
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Are you sure that Debian or Mandrake require an existing MacOS installation?
 
Old 03-23-2005, 07:00 PM   #5
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I tried booting a Debian disk and nothing happened.
 
  


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