Hello! I've heard someone say I'm a crazy guy. I bought myself Power Mac G5 for the sole purpose of running Linux on it.
Crazy? My friend said "you buy a Mac because you want to run Mac OS X!" and not Linux... True, Linux runs on a new €250 PC system at the same speed it does on a Power Mac G5 "Late 2005" with its Dual Core 2.0 GHz 970MP processor for €700 (on eBay, half a year ago). But, I love the idea of a PowerPC processor working inside of a beautiful alluminium case. And the way Apple made the case is the greatest I've ever seen. So, I was thinking... ANYONE HERE EVER TRIED LINUX on a Power Mac G5? Because I've tried now for some time but I don't get it right somehow. The Kernel doesn't boot. I haven't found the problem yet. Mac OS 10.4.11 works without errors. I've now upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5.8 and no problems at all. Works very smoothly. Nice OS! I've been running Linux for ages now, startet of on PC hardware (Pentium @ 90 MHz, before the Millenium) and got caught by the Gentoo way of running - well, compiling - Linux and all the open source applications. On my previous system, a Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1GHz, Gentoo Linux didn't make any problem at all. Worked right away. Now on the G5 Dual Core, the 2008.0 LiveCD starts normal from CD-ROM, but when I compile a kernel it doesn't boot. It stops right at the start, where it detects the two cores and say something about "core99_something". I'm still trying, but though someone here might know something. Cheers, Andreas aka Linux User #330250 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
