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{{Highlight|'''Note''': The following has been tested on a Mac iBook G4 (mid 2005)}} | {{Highlight|'''Note''': The following has been tested on a Mac iBook G4 (mid 2005)}} | ||
==Ubuntu 10.10 PowerPC== | ==Ubuntu 10.10 PowerPC== | ||
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* [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/ Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)] | * [http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/10.10/release/ Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)] | ||
===USB device installation=== | ===USB device installation=== | ||
| − | * Use 'Startup Disk Creator' from the System > Administration menu from an i386/x86-64 Ubuntu installation | + | * Use 'Startup Disk Creator' from the System > Administration menu from an i386/x86-64 Ubuntu installation (as the PowerPC version of Ubuntu doesn't support SYSLINUX, but the install CD contains the yaboot bootloader that is required, and it will be transferred to the USB). |
* Choose the downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 PPC .iso file or burned CD-ROM as the Source. | * Choose the downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 PPC .iso file or burned CD-ROM as the Source. | ||
| + | ====Install Yaboot boot loader==== | ||
| + | * <u>Read the precautions</u> at this page, [http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384 Boot PowerPC Macs via USB 2.0 drives] | ||
| + | * Power on while holding four keys down, option+Apple+o+f. This takes you into Openfirmware. | ||
| + | * Enter {{Code|devalias}} at the {{Code|0 >}} prompt (See step 4 in the above reference.) | ||
| + | * Note the exact usb device addresses. | ||
| + | * By experimentation, I found that my USB device would boot after setting the boot-device with this command: | ||
| + | *: {{Code|setenv boot-device /pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1:1,\install\yaboot}} | ||
| + | * If the USB disc is not around, the default boot-device will boot your regular Mac installation. | ||
| + | * Check your setting with this command: | ||
| + | *: {{Code|printenv boot-device}} | ||
| + | *: Your system may have different addresses, so it may take a while to discover the proper address. | ||
===Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5=== | ===Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5=== | ||
| − | * Use the Mac install DVD to resize and create | + | * Use the Mac install DVD to resize and create partitions (including swap) for Ubuntu |
| − | * Burn the Ubuntu installation CD and install | + | * Burn the Ubuntu installation CD and install Ubuntu into the new partition by booting the CD-ROM. |
* Use System > Administration > Additional Drivers to install the Broadcom B43 wireless driver. | * Use System > Administration > Additional Drivers to install the Broadcom B43 wireless driver. | ||
* Use Ubuntu Software Center to search for Sugar. Install Sugar, the emulator for the Sugar Desktop Environment, plus dependencies and Activities suitable for Sugar 0.88 | * Use Ubuntu Software Center to search for Sugar. Install Sugar, the emulator for the Sugar Desktop Environment, plus dependencies and Activities suitable for Sugar 0.88 | ||
Latest revision as of 16:07, 3 July 2012
See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPC.
Ubuntu 10.10 PowerPC
USB device installation
- Use 'Startup Disk Creator' from the System > Administration menu from an i386/x86-64 Ubuntu installation (as the PowerPC version of Ubuntu doesn't support SYSLINUX, but the install CD contains the yaboot bootloader that is required, and it will be transferred to the USB).
- Choose the downloaded Ubuntu Desktop 10.10 PPC .iso file or burned CD-ROM as the Source.
Install Yaboot boot loader
- Read the precautions at this page, Boot PowerPC Macs via USB 2.0 drives
- Power on while holding four keys down, option+Apple+o+f. This takes you into Openfirmware.
- Enter
devaliasat the0 >prompt (See step 4 in the above reference.) - Note the exact usb device addresses.
- By experimentation, I found that my USB device would boot after setting the boot-device with this command:
setenv boot-device /pci@f2000000/usb@1b/disk@1:1,\install\yaboot
- If the USB disc is not around, the default boot-device will boot your regular Mac installation.
- Check your setting with this command:
printenv boot-device- Your system may have different addresses, so it may take a while to discover the proper address.
Dual Boot with Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5
- Use the Mac install DVD to resize and create partitions (including swap) for Ubuntu
- Burn the Ubuntu installation CD and install Ubuntu into the new partition by booting the CD-ROM.
- Use System > Administration > Additional Drivers to install the Broadcom B43 wireless driver.
- Use Ubuntu Software Center to search for Sugar. Install Sugar, the emulator for the Sugar Desktop Environment, plus dependencies and Activities suitable for Sugar 0.88