Putting linux on a power mac G3 233mhz

**w00t** · 05-23-2005, 11:36 AM

I came across one this weekend and I would like to put linux on it. I tried Yellow dog and KnoppixPPC but none of them boot. The OS9 and 10 disks boot fine but if I hold C like it says It just restarts for the linux disks.

shuuhen · 05-23-2005, 06:44 PM

You will need to use BootX for Old World Macs like the beige PowerMac G3s. The install guide at the YDL site can help you set up BootX.

05-23-2005, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
w00t Chex mix and Cream soda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Oahu Posts: 596 OS: Slackware 11.1, Fedora Core 3, K12LTSP, Suse ES 9, Windows 2000sp4, Mac OSX, Knoppix, Mephis	Putting linux on a power mac G3 233mhz I came across one this weekend and I would like to put linux on it. I tried Yellow dog and KnoppixPPC but none of them boot. The OS9 and 10 disks boot fine but if I hold C like it says It just restarts for the linux disks. __________________ Elvis didn't die he just went open source w00tb0t, because you can't make tea with potatoes

05-23-2005, 06:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 980 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	You will need to use BootX for Old World Macs like the beige PowerMac G3s. The install guide at the YDL site can help you set up BootX.