[ale] Old Apple G3 and Linux

[Jeb Barger]

no go on the "c" key, I will have to try bootx or quik...Anybody  else 
had to use these?

Jerald Sheets wrote:
> When rebooting, hold down the letter "c".  It works on my powerbook &  
> my G4.  Perhaps it's legacy all the way back to G3s.
> 
> 
> Jerald M. Sheets jr.
> Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
> The Weather Channel Interactive
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> 
> 
> On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Billy Passauer wrote:
> 
> 
>>Jeb Barger wrote:
>>
>>>I have an old beige g3 and would like to put linux on it.   
>>>However, it
>>>doesn't want to boot from the cd.  Anybody got a suggestions?
>>
>>Hi Jeb,
>>
>>I don't remember exactly where the line is drawn as to which Macs  
>>could
>>boot linux directly from CD, as well as being able to boot linux
>>directly from the hard drive, ("New World" macs) and those that had to
>>have a small installation of Mac OS installed which then booted to  
>>linux
>>using the BootX loader ("Old World" macs).  It's possible that  
>>yours is
>>in the latter category.  Maybe these will help:
>>
>>    penguinppc.org: Macintosh
>>    http://penguinppc.org/mac/
>>
>>    penguinppc.org: BootX Bootloader
>>    http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/
>>
>>  ... Billy ...
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