Yes - this is actually a very key bit of information that is often missed by people who only work with single chip types. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Ryan Coleman <ryanjcole at me.com> wrote: > Paul, > > It looks to me that in order to get the correct Ubuntu edition for the > MAC is specifically a PowerPC download not just a standard .iso download, > will work. > > > That is correct - each build of an OS is targeted at a particular > architecture. > i386 = 32-bit Intel-style CPUs (including AMD) > AMD64 = 64-bit Intel-style CPUs (including AMD) > Sparc = Sparc-based systems > etc. etc. etc. > > I don't know if you would want a PPC or MacPPC image. There are three > different PPC processors in history: > 1) IBM > 2) Motorola > 3) Apple (which is either IBM or Motorola depending on the model > Macintosh). > > Further reading (historical information, mainly): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_alliance > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 4:59 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Ryan, > > The deal here with this Power Book G4 is I am trying to help out a friend > that knows some lesser about computers. run something newer than OSX Tiger. > At this point Firefox is stuck at 3.5--- and flash is outdated etc. So > without me knowing more about programming or whatever. I thought the best > anwser I could come up with for an operating system for them would be use > Ubuntu on the computer. It looks to me that in order to get the correct > Ubuntu edition for the MAC is specifically a PowerPC download not just a > standard .iso download, will work. > > Thanks for the tips in the following post 'zapping parameter Ram' is > important obviously. > > Thanks, > > ------------------------------ > From: ryanjcole at me.com > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:37:58 -0500 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will GNU/Linux work with a MAC? > > Paul, > > It should be as simple as pressing the "option" key when you hear the > chimes. > > You can also load the OS and go to Preferences and choose Startup Disk > (assuming OS X is installed) and select your Flash device. > > Also if none of this is working zapping the parameter RAM will do some > good. Press, and hold: Command, Option, P and R and let it cycle through a > series of startup chimes without letting go. I usually do this 10 times to > make sure it's cleared out. This was a common tip for the PPC machines from > Apple. > > -- > Ryan > > > On Mar 31, 2014, at 3:05 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I have done some more reading mostly on the Ubuntu PowerPC and guides as > far as setup. It looks like booting from flash drive requires some steps. > When I was in front of the Power Book 2 days ago. I tried holding down the > c key during boot with the original osx driver disk in the cd-drive it did > not load the cd and continued to load up to the splash screen. Either way > it looks like I have a bunch more reading to do. > > Thanks, > > ------------------------------ > From: stuporglue at gmail.com > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:47:15 -0500 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Will GNU/Linux work with a MAC? > > You don't load a bios screen on a mac. However, to select your boot > source, you hold down the command key when you power it on. After the beep > you'll get a selection of boot locations that the computer can see at that > time. > > > Correct. Or, if you know you want to boot from the CD, just hold the "c" > key (or maybe it's option-c) before the chime. > > > > Once you have linux installed, you'll get the same thing. I think you'll > need to install rEFIt or some other EFI boot manager as well. > > > Not for PowerPC macs, EFI didn't pop up on Macs until they switched to > Intel chips. > > PowerPC Macs used Open Firmware, but you wouldn't want to get into Open > Firmware like you would the Bios. The Mac's UI and magic key combos will be > enough. You can always hold down option during boot to choose which device > to boot from, and there are a bunch of other combos that are useful for > this or that: > > http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html#boot > > -- > Michael Moore > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesotatclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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