Re: Linux on a Mac

From: philo (philo_at_privacy.net)
Date: 06/16/05 

Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:23:41 -0500

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:34:41 -0700, Stefan Patric wrote:

> On Wednesday 15 June 2005 00:30, philo wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:59:52 -0700, Stefan Patric wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday 14 June 2005 15:37, Philo wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----------
>>>> In article <2OSdneUqNuMvPzPfRVn-iA@athenet.net>, philo
>>>> <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ERACC wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:22:16 -0500, philo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Although I've had a fair amount of experience with installing
>>>>>>>Linux on PC's...I've had very little experience using a MAC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I was just given a MAC with a 250mhz G3 and approx 200megs of RAM
>>>>>>>loaded with OS9.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
> Maybe, it's not capable of booting off a CD. Or maybe this feature must
> be "turned on" somewhere in some config file.

it can boot ok from the OS9 cd...

well i'll have to fool around with it again one of these days...
but things just got busy here so maybe the next time i try linux
on a mac i'll have some newer equipment

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