[juneau-lug] Re: Debian/OpenBSD PowerPC

  • From: James Zuelow <e5z8652@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:59:07 -0800

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 02:38:51 -0400 (EDT)
"Justin Burket" <zorton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> I went through about the same thing when I tried installing linux on
> my powerbook.  The short answer is if you have an old world machine
> you will have to boot it using a mac os extension called BootX (if
> memory serves correctly).  BootX is kinda tempermental and isn't
> being supported any more.  There is also a bootloaded called quik or
> something similar for"oldworld" machines.
> 

Jacob, if you can bring in a Mac OS 8.1 or better CD then we can
format your drive with the proper A/UX partitions and install BootX. 
I've never had a problem with BootX, but then I've never installed
Linux on an old-world box newer than an 8500, using 7.5.3.  Could be
that BootX has problems with later versions of Mac OS.  The problem
with Mac OS 8 & higher is that you should have a license for it - so
you're probably best off with a 9.1 CD since that is the version of
the OS on the machine right now.

I'll bring in my 8500 so you can see how BootX works.

Cheers,

James

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