Re: Ubuntu/Kubuntu on Mac G5.

Brian Durant <globetrotterdk@xxxxxxx> · Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:38:48 +0100

Sorry for top posting, but I am using Mail.app in OS X, which  
fulfills all of my needs except that I have to top post :-(
I want to install Kubuntu Dapper Flight 3 on a second SATA internal  
drive. In the system profile, my Macintosh HD shows up with "disk0s3"  
as the BSD name, whereas the HD I want to install on has the BSD name  
of "disk1s3". Does the command for "sata/scsi: sudo mount -t hfsplus / 
dev/sdaX /mount/point" still apply for Ubuntu/Kubuntu?
I tried the Ubuntu Dapper Flight 3 PPC live-CD, which is the newest  
available, so the fan problem must still not have been addressed.
Cheers,
Brian
On 17. jan 2006, at 3.30, Larry Grover wrote:
Brian Durant wrote:

Hi,

- snip -
I can't help with your earlier questions, but...
4) How do you mount an HFS+ partition?

for first ide drive:
sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/hdaX /mount/point
for sata/scsi:
sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdaX /mount/point
5) How do I spot my Macintosh HD when I install? What will it be   
listed as?

For the first ide drive it should be hda, for sata or scsi it  
should be sda.
Are you planning to dual boot (OSX and Linux) from the same drive?  
If so, you'll need to partition the drive and (re)install OSX, then  
install Ubuntu.  There is some information about this on the wiki:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/PowerPC?highlight=%28install% 
29%7C%28powerpc%29

and the Debian powerpc installation guide is also helpful:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/
6) Solution for the fan reving problem?

I think this is an issue of having proper thermal control in the  
kernel.  I don't have one of these machines so I'm not certain, but  
I think this is supposed to be fixed in recent kernels; you might  
want to skip Breezy and go for the Dapper pre-release to get a  
newer kernel.
I have more, but this is a good start. Glad to be back.

Regards,
Larry
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