How to dual boot with MacOs X and yellowdog ppc

[Steven Didier]

Miklos,
I have experimented with many Linux distros, including Yellow Dog, in  
a dual boot environment on my G4 866 MGHz TiPowerbook and then again  
on a G5 iMac. I still use Linux/Unix (Suse 10.2, Ubuntu 6.10 and  
FreeBSD) in emulation environments on my intel iMac.
YellowDog is a great distro for your iBook but you won't be able to  
get it to boot off of a usb drive since Apple did not provide support  
for that method in Open Firmware. It is possible to keep the boot  
environment (yaboot) in a small partition on your iBooks hard drive  
and run off the usb drive with the rest of the linux environment. I  
believe you can search the Ubuntu forums for guidance on the  
specifics. Or maybe the gurus of this list such as Derrick Centeno  
can help you. Otherwise I would suggest a firewire drive for the most  
ease of use on installation.
Good luck!
Steve Didier

On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:23 PM, james van dooren wrote:

> Hi, I am new to MacOs X and I want to dual boot with yellowdog ppc .
> I want to install yellowdog on a usb harddrive. How do I get the
> laptop to see usb drive when I boot up the laptop which is an IBook
> G4.  I have worked with Windows and Linux together now I want to join
> the Mac experience. Can anyone please help?
>
> Miklos
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