yup; 384mb is the max RAM limit for the Bondi iMacs. I wonder if they
have any Ubuntu's old enough that it would work on a 233Mhz iMac?
There's always Free BSD; I'm pretty sure I've seen ones that'll run on
old G3's.
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On Oct 27, 2009, at 5:49 PM, Gary Fortman wrote:
>
> Bondi iMacs are tray loaders.
> Good luck getting it to 512mb.
> I have never gotten one to more than 384. Two 256 always registered as
> 256 and 128 for me.
>
>
>
> Sent from my eyeFone
>
> On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Christian Wacker wrote:
>>> I have a bondai blue iMac in it's stock configuration, complete with
>>> retore cds that I would like to tinker around with linux on.
>>> I can upgrade ram to 512mb (just haven't gotten to it yet) and am
>>> looking for suggestions.
>>> I do not want to go through the trouble of system 10 (it's a pain on
>>> my slot-load 350mhz imac)
>>> any suggestions?
>>
>> Is this a tray loader?
>>
>> Debian Linux should work on this machine well enough. It will be a
>> bit
>> slow. Other versions may work too such as Fedora, SUSE and Yellow
>> Dog.
>>
>>
>> I've put Fedora on a slot loader. Off hand I'm just not sure how
>> well a
>> tray loader will work.
>>
>> --
>> Clark Martin
>> Redwood City, CA, USA
>> Macintosh / Internet Consulting
>>
>> "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
>>
>>>
>
> >
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