Miklos, I have experimented with many Linux distros, including Yellow Dog, in a dual boot environment on my G4 866 MGHz TiPowerbook and then again on a G5 iMac. I still use Linux/Unix (Suse 10.2, Ubuntu 6.10 and FreeBSD) in emulation environments on my intel iMac. YellowDog is a great distro for your iBook but you won't be able to get it to boot off of a usb drive since Apple did not provide support for that method in Open Firmware. It is possible to keep the boot environment (yaboot) in a small partition on your iBooks hard drive and run off the usb drive with the rest of the linux environment. I believe you can search the Ubuntu forums for guidance on the specifics. Or maybe the gurus of this list such as Derrick Centeno can help you. Otherwise I would suggest a firewire drive for the most ease of use on installation. Good luck! Steve Didier
On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:23 PM, james van dooren wrote: > Hi, I am new to MacOs X and I want to dual boot with yellowdog ppc . > I want to install yellowdog on a usb harddrive. How do I get the > laptop to see usb drive when I boot up the laptop which is an IBook > G4. I have worked with Windows and Linux together now I want to join > the Mac experience. Can anyone please help? > > Miklos > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
