>Received: 3/26/05 6:56 PMFrom: Duane A. De Vries, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Michigan Mac User List, [email protected] To: Michigan Mac User List, [email protected]
I have one of the original beige G3s (no extra memory or anything). I don't use it much and I was curious if it would be possible to install some variant of Unix on it. I don't know anything about Unix or linux etc. and would be interested in just learning about it. Would my ancient G3 even run Linux or something? Duane (in Wyoming)
Duane;
Yellow Dog
I began an attempt to install YDL 3.0 on a beige g3 a year ago. Finally gave up because I couldn't figure it out. In January I took an 333 mhz iMac and spent about a week getting YDL up and running and making a basic bit of (newbie level) sense.
If you're going to install YDL 3 on a beige (I'm almost sure that it will work) be prepared for some frustration.
I later found out that my problem installing was probably related to trying to install it on an external (or an internal ATA) drive I think it was. If you use an internal drive I suggest it be the ONLY internal drive and it needs the Linux to be on the first part of the drive as the first partition.
Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) didn't support external boot drives. I don't know if the current version 4.0.1 does or not. Also, if you decide to go with YDL you can purchase a CD with an installation guide that's very well written. There's also several support mail lists, including a newbie list.
Now for the rest of me 2 cents, here's some more linux sites that can help you:
http://www.mklinux.org/
http://www.tldp.org/
http://www.linuxiso.org/
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ydl_home.shtml
http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/
http://osiris.shmoo.com/download.html
http://www.yolinux.com/
http://www.sowerbutts.com/linux-mac-mini/
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