eMac with Airport Extreme

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On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 15:04:51 -0400, John Goodwin <jgoodwin28 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 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? 

Nope. AE cards have a broadcom card inside, and there is no linux
support for broadcom cards at this time (at least for the AE card on
PPC there's not).

Sorry!

Michael

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.
> 
> 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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