On 18/09/12 21:12, Sean Gibbins wrote:
> 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!
>
> Sean
>
Hold down C from the boot up 'chime' until you get the spinny wheel type
animation.
If you are already doing that then sorry for teaching granny to suck eggs :)
HTH
Glenn (who will also be installing Ubuntu on a PPC mac in a week or so,
though a G5 imac in my case)
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