[clug] Linux on Powerbook 15"
Paul Warren
u3292467 at anu.edu.au
Fri Aug 13 07:23:08 GMT 2004
Neill Cox wrote:
> I have a new toy, a 15" Powerbook. It's real purdy, but I won't feel
> like a proper geek until it's running linux.
>
> I've reserved some space and downloaded the first ISO for debian_ppc
> 3.0r2 from AARNET, but the machine won't boot from the resulting cd.
>
> I've found a source for weekly builds of debian_ppc testing and have
> started to download the first ISO, but I don't know if this will work
> either.
>
> Does anyone have experience on getting linux working on this hardware?
> Does anyone already have a set of debian_ppc disks that I could get a
> copy of? I would prefer debian, but will consider other distributions.
>
> Cheers,
> Neill
>
A good resource for Debian installing on power books is:
http://www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/apple/powerbook.en.php
And I have a Sarge net Install CD, if anyone else wants a copy. Which
installs a base system, then you need about 200Mb of downloads to get X
and a useable environment (icewm, gnat, hugs, mozilla, rhythmbox etc).
Cheers
--
Paul Warren
u3292467 at anu dot edu dot au
pwarren.php-help.com
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