On 18/09/12 22:40, Martin N wrote:
Lo,
At 18:48 18/09/2012, you wrote:
Hi Folks,
I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux (or any other flavour of Linux -
I'm fairly agnostic in this regard) on a G4 Mac Mini.
However, I am struggling to get past the first hurdle, which is to
get anything other
On 18/09/12 22:40, Martin N wrote:
Mac mini G4 have optical drives seem to lose their cd reading booting
abilities before the DVD
goes.
If you can burn a cd ISO on to a dvd you may have more luck.
I may indeed Martin!
I've just booted into the Debian PPC disc using this advice, now to try
On 19/09/12 11:50, Sean Gibbins wrote:
On 18/09/12 22:40, Martin N wrote:
Mac mini G4 have optical drives seem to lose their cd reading booting
abilities before the DVD
goes.
If you can burn a cd ISO on to a dvd you may have more luck.
I may indeed Martin!
I've just booted into the Debian
On 19/09/12 12:23, Sean Gibbins wrote:
Question: I am not particularly concerned about keeping OS X on this
machine, so if I proceed to install Ubuntu does it know what to do
with regard to setting up yaboot or whatever mechanism it is that will
allow it to boot back into Ubuntu afterwards,
Lo,
At 11:50 19/09/2012, you wrote:
On 18/09/12 22:40, Martin N wrote:
Mac mini G4 have optical drives seem to lose their cd reading
booting abilities before the DVD
goes.
If you can burn a cd ISO on to a dvd you may have more luck.
I may indeed Martin!
I've just booted into the Debian PPC
Hi Folks,
I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux (or any other flavour of Linux - I'm
fairly agnostic in this regard) on a G4 Mac Mini.
However, I am struggling to get past the first hurdle, which is to get
anything other than Mac OS X booting when I start it up!
I have tried pressing c with
Quoting Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk:
Hi Folks,
I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux (or any other flavour of Linux -
I'm fairly agnostic in this regard) on a G4 Mac Mini.
However, I am struggling to get past the first hurdle, which is to get
anything other than Mac OS X booting when I
Hello Sean,
As far as I can tell, there is a G4 PowerPC version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
available. Otherwise you could look at Debian.
Some quick links I stumbled across:
http://jpmens.net/2011/07/20/linux-on-a-mac-mini-g4/
http://wiki.ppckernel.org/w/Mac_Netboot
On 18/09/12 20:46, Jan Henkins wrote:
As far as I can tell, there is a G4 PowerPC version of Ubuntu 10.04
LTS available. Otherwise you could look at Debian.
There's a 12.04 LTS PowerPC version available too Jan.
I have both that and the Debian port, but as I say lack the ability to
boot off
Quoting Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk:
On 18/09/12 20:46, Jan Henkins wrote:
As far as I can tell, there is a G4 PowerPC version of Ubuntu 10.04
LTS available. Otherwise you could look at Debian.
There's a 12.04 LTS PowerPC version available too Jan.
I have both that and the Debian
On 18/09/12 21:20, c...@spamcop.net wrote:
I've found Macs can be a bit finicky about keyboards. The pre-boot
stuff probably won't work at all with a wireless keyboard, and it
might be worth trying a couple of different keyboards.
Chris
Hi Chris,
That occurred to me so I have tried my
Are you sure you burned the CD correctly - as an image and not just adding
the ISO to the disk (you can see by viewing it in another computer - there
should be lots of files - not just one)?
You could try booting the Mac into target disk mode and mounting it to
another computer over FireWire and
Quoting Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk:
Hi Chris,
That occurred to me so I have tried my Logitect wireless usb keyboard
and mouse and a no-name wired effort, all to no avail.
I might have a Microsoft USB keyboard lurking in the loft so I'll give
that go tomorrow.
I have three Mac
I have both that and the Debian port, but as I say lack the ability to
boot off of the CD/DVD drive, which fails to respond when I press c at
the boot noise (as most guides seems state it should)3
It's a couple of years since I put Linux on my G4, so I don't remember the
details, but I
On 18/09/12 21:36, Vic wrote:
I have both that and the Debian port, but as I say lack the ability to
boot off of the CD/DVD drive, which fails to respond when I press c at
the boot noise (as most guides seems state it should)3
It's a couple of years since I put Linux on my G4, so I don't
That [a Mac keyboard] occurred to me Vic, but as this is meant to be a
low-cost effort to revive some old kit I can't see Ellen wanting to
throw good money after bad
If you're heading through Southampton, you're welcome to borrow mine. I'll
need it back eventually, though.
Vic.
--
Please
Lo,
At 18:48 18/09/2012, you wrote:
Hi Folks,
I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux (or any other flavour of Linux -
I'm fairly agnostic in this regard) on a G4 Mac Mini.
However, I am struggling to get past the first hurdle, which is to
get anything other than Mac OS X booting when I start
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:39:23 +0100
c...@spamcop.net wrote:
Quoting Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk:
Hi Folks,
I am trying to install Ubuntu Linux (or any other flavour of Linux -
I'm fairly agnostic in this regard) on a G4 Mac Mini.
However, I am struggling to get past the
On 18/09/12 21:12, Sean Gibbins wrote:
On 18/09/12 20:46, Jan Henkins wrote:
As far as I can tell, there is a G4 PowerPC version of Ubuntu 10.04
LTS available. Otherwise you could look at Debian.
There's a 12.04 LTS PowerPC version available too Jan.
I have both that and the Debian port,
19 matches
Mail list logo
