How to dual boot with MacOs X and yellowdog ppc

[John]

steven,

i'm responding to your statement: 

I still use Linux/Unix (Suse 10.2, Ubuntu 6.10 and  
FreeBSD) in emulation environments on my intel iMac.

what specific kind of emulation environments are you referring to? and can you give direction on how others on this list can implement them to do the same if they are seeking an easy way to multiboot rather than simply dual boot with ydl?

john

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Steven Didier wrote:

>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:
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>>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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