In case others are also trying to do this, I found these instructions for setting up the iMac to boot into LTSP: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/CpuArchitectures#LTSP_on_Latter_Day_Macintosh_G3
Don On 10/16/07, Don Venardos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gavin, > > Thanks for the info on building the environment that solves one piece. > I still need to figure out how to configure the iMac to boot to the > server on startup instead of booting into OS X or OS 9 on startup. How > did you do this? > > Thanks, > Don V. > > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:23:14 +0100 > > From: Gavin McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: EdUbuntu x86 server with Newworld iMac G3 thin client > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Don Venardos wrote: > > > > > I am trying to find instructions for how to setup a new world iMac G3 > > > 500 mhz as a thin client to a Edunbuntu x86 server. I can't seem to > > > find instructions anywhere (other than the comment that you use yaboot > > > in the docs), has anyone done this? This is for home use, but academic > > > institutions have tons of these machines, so instructions would be > > > greatly useful. Ideally the iMac would be able to boot either to OS X, > > > OS 9, or Edubuntu. The Edubuntu option could be either netboot or the > > > mini-kernel could loaded on the hard drive of the iMac. > > > > I looked this up a while back and it seems that you have to build the thin > > client environment on a powerpc machine. So, what was suggested was that > > you would use a live cd to boot a powerpc machine and use it to build the > > ltsp. Instructions are here: > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/LTSPCrossArchSetup > > > > Gavin > -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
