[Eug-lug] Booting Old World Macs [was: Gnoppix Ubuntu LiveCDs]

[Ken Barber]

On Wednesday 05 January 2005 3:07 pm, Max Lemieux wrote:

> 2 questions about the PPC CD's:
>
> 1) is there a torrent?
> 2) does it boot on Old-World G3? (i.e. beige 233/desktop rev1 G3)

Short answer:  no; OW Macs can't boot from CD.

Longer answer:  You CAN boot an OW Mac if you use BootX.  Basically it lets 
MacOS start, then takes over and loads the Linux kernel from your MacOS 
System folder.

I have Yellow Dog Linux 4 running here on a beige G3/333.  It was a pain in 
the *** to get it installed onto an Old World machine, but it can be done.  
It's very stable and a pleasure to use as long as you don't care about the 
audio.  They're still working on that part (some apps work; some do not).

Ken