eMac with Airport Extreme

Carlos Perello Marin carlos at pemas.net
Fri Oct 1 13:13:10 MDT 2004


On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 15:04 -0400, John Goodwin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 


Hi

> I'm new to MOL and this list. I have an eMac with OS X installed and I 
> am considering installing a Linux system in place of it and using MOL 
> to regain OS X. The specs on my machine are eMac, 1.25 GHz G4, 256 RAM, 
> 40 GB HD, and an Airport Extreme Card for networking. Will Linux and 
> MOL work on this setup, especially with the Airport card? I need the 
> Airport card to work on whatever OS I use because my Internet access is 
> through the wireless network. Also, which flavor of Linux is 
> recommended? I know Debian, Mandrake, SUSE, and others have PPC 
> versions, but I've read mixed reviews (as is usually the case on the 
> Internet) of them.

Sorry, the Airport Extreme Card is not supported under Linux so you will
need other connection type (a usb wireless adaptor or a wired
connection).

Cheers.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John
> 
> P.S. I don't mind Debian or other more complicated flavors, I've built 
> a few Linux boxes (x86) before and I have a lot of experience with 
> Mac's.
> 
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