Need help installing yellowdog linux on powerPC

[Cian Duffy]

You will -have- to 'mess with the MacOS' to create a partition to
install Linux from

No OldWorld machins can boot Linux from the CD. You need a tool called
BootX, and a kernel image/initial ramdisk image to do so - its
chainloaded throgh MacOS itself.

There is a good howto on the Yellowdog Forums
(http://www.yellowdog-board.com). I can't link directly as the forums
appear to be down right now, or are not routing here.

Cian

On 03/06/05, Ron Barthold <ron.barthold at swri.org> wrote:
> I have just acquired a 'oldworld' powerpc  and am trying to install linux on
> it.  I have no experience with apple.  It boots up in OS 9.2 but the
> hardware info screen  CD shows no media inserted even if I put a burned iso
> image of disk one of yellowdog.  I burned it on a PC.  I have read that this
> model can not boot from CD.  How else can I get it to boot up and run linux
> installation without messing with the MAC OS.  Any ideas would be
> appreciated.  Please email rbarthold at swri.edu with any comments.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ron
> 
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