Quoting Sean Gibbins <sean@???>:
> 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 of the CD/DVD drive, which fails to respond when I press c at
> the boot noise (as most guides seems state it should), and simply boots
> into the installed OS instead. The boot media is readable once I am up
> and running in OS X, so it seems the drive is at least partially
> functional.
>
> Thanks for the links and advice from all who responded thus far - I can
> see I have a lot more reading to do and the desired quick fix (Ellen
> returns to uni in a couple of days) is not likely to be forthcoming!
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
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