[vox-tech] linux on Mac iBook

[Jonathan Stickel]

Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> Rick Moen wrote:
> 
>> Quoting myself:
>>
>>> Quoting Jonathan Stickel (jjstickel at sbcglobal.net):
>>>
>>>
>>>> Someone wants to install Linux on a Mac iBook (i.e. PowerPC arch.) 
>>>> at the installfest Saturday.  This is new to me.  Any 
>>>> recommendations, especially in regards to distribution?  For new 
>>>> users, I often go with Fedora.  I see that the test version of 
>>>> Fedora 4 is out with a version for PPC.  I'll probably go with that 
>>>> unless I'm advised not to.
>>>
>>>
>>> That would probably work fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> You might want to stick to Fedora Core 3, though[1].  The FC4 "test1"
>> images have been getting pretty frightful reviews.
>>
>> If you're an LWN subscriber, see this, for example, from Ladislav
>> Bodnar of Distrowatch:  http://lwn.net/Articles/127844/  (Bodnar
>> test-installed and then laboriously fixed breakage in the x86_64 image.
>> That obviously doesn't necessarily reflect on the brand-new PPC
>> addition, but I'd be wary.)
>>  
>> [1] Yes, I know it wasn't officially supported until the FC4 images.
>> But there were ISOs, e.g.:
>> http://www.fedoraproject.org/fedorappc/FC-3/isos/
> 
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out.  I'll go stop the ppc FC4 download right 
> now and get the fc3 isos.
> 

It turned out that the FC3 ppc disk 1 wouldn't boot, so I have 4 useless 
disks.  Fortunately, I had also downloaded Ubuntu (hoary) for PPC, which 
did boot and install OK.  Well, X wouldn't work right away, but Mike 
Simons fixed that.

Jonathan