At 3:33 PM -0400 8/7/05, StarMax List wrote:
Me neither, but then again, I've moved to a different computer, and forgot to
make a copy of my address book! :-}
Folks, OS9 on my Starmax drives me nuts. I don't like it one bit, so I'd like
to try running some form of Linux on it. However, when I tried installing a
PPC flavour of Linux on it, the Starmax just would not boot from the Linux
CD.
Any ideas as to why, and what I might do about it?
Esme
Years ago, I installed Yellow Dog Linux on my StarMax, but since the
Max was my primary machine, I didn't explore it fully. Running dual
boot, it took some fancy modifications to the firmware to get it
working.
I don't know what you were trying to install, but you will find
extensive Linux information at <http://www.LinuxQuestions.org>. In a
general search for Yellow Dog, I turned up 277 topics. The single
reference I read was recent. One person wasn't happy with YDL on
their beige G3 and another suggested Ubuntu. There is a version of
Ubuntu that will run from a booted CD so you can check out the look
and feel as well as a few hardware options.
My Max still does OS 9.1 and serves my wife's purposes. I've got an
*old* PC running Fedora Core 3. I only use it as a server. The
software all seems to be written by Windoze Refugees(tm) so most of
it is just as clunky as stuff that comes out of Redmond. For any real
work, I do it on a Mac.
I would spend some time on LinuxQuestions and follow links for Linux
on PPC. Join in the fray, ask questions, take notes. As in other
locations, most people don't have a clue what a StarMax is, you it
might be good to keep your references to the PowerMac 4400.
Keep in touch with the list, I for one would be curious to hear your
successful results.
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