Re: live cd
From: jim bob and joe bob (wheatbread_at_milo.corn)
Date: 12/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:08:50 -0600
Admin wrote:
> On 2004-12-20 21:05:15 -0800, jim bob and joe bob <wheatbread@milo.corn>
> said:
>
>> Jack Malmostoso wrote:
>>
>>> Ciao Victor Ramiro, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
>>>
>>>
>>>> well, i've been looking for a live cd, and i found a few distributions.
>>>> my problem is that any of that cd's worked on my ibook (i couldnt start
>>>> from the cd, and y tried ALL the keys :) ).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As for now I know of two very good looking livecds on PPC:
>>>
>>> Gentoo (www.gentoo.org)
>>>
>>> Rocklinux
>>> (http://iso.rocklinux.de/rock-ftp/unofficial/fake/livecd-powerpc-604e-rev4860.iso)
>
>
> Any
>
>>>
>>
>> Any suggestions for burning one of those to a cd from MacOS? What
>> format to use? Any preparation to the .iso file before burning? Is
>> it even possible to do from MacOS? If not what is the point?
>> Keith
>>
>>> I don't remember the exact link for the former, for the latter just type
>>> "startx" at the prompt when the system has booted.
>>> It has got a very nice KDE desktop with everything you could ever need.
>>>
>>> Anyway, just insert the cd, reboot and keep the "c" key pressed.
>
>
> This cd was optimized for the old 604. It will not run on a G3 or G4. Is
> there one for a g4?
>
I thought I might give it a try on my 603e if I could manage to burn a
useable cd. Sometimes by accident things are a little backwards compatible.
Keith
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