[juneau-lug] Re: Debian/OpenBSD PowerPC

~On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, James Zuelow wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Jacob Gemmell wrote:
>
> > >
> > Any ideas for presntations?  If you can bring in a distro, I have a Power
> > Macintosh G3 that needs a decent OS.  I haven't been able to boot off a CD
> > yet.  Maybe you can give me a hand.  Its one if those all in one
> > monstrosites with the integrated monitor.
>
> It is a G3?  Like a 5x00 with a G3 upgrade, or an iMac?  There is a big
> difference between the beige PowerMacs and the candy colored ones.
>
> I'll bring my PowerPC kit - I've got a CD for partitioning the drive,
> installing 7.5.3/5, and Debian's 3.0 PowerPC CD.
>
> If it is an iMac, it probably won't install 7.5.3.  We'll see if we can't
> boot Debian, and I'll bring along OpenBSD 3.2 just in case as that CD is
> bootable on candy colored Macs.
>
> If it is a beige all in one, it will probably take 7.5.3 - which is good,
> since Apple gives away 7.5.3 at no charge on their ftp site. The beige
> Macs like to have a minimal Mac OS install to boot into Linux.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
It is a beige gray one.  Here is a link to a picture

http://www.electronic-school.com/oldart/199806/0698gear5.gif

Its a All-in-one.  It does have os 9.1 installed on it.

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