[nflug] ubuntu on old imac

[eric]

Jason, this is a must,
http://netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw


eric wrote:

>It might be a little bit faster with the hard drive install, but xfce is
>prolly the way you are going to want to go if you want gui, other wise
>the system would make a nice CLI "something" server plus you can put
>webmin on it if you need gui.
>
>As far as removing the monitor, well, can't help you there, but it
>sounds like more fun.
>
>Ahhh this is the site....
>http://penguinppc.org/mac/
>you should find everything here
>
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>Jason O'Bara wrote:
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>>Thanks for the links. Well I think I am making a little progress.
>>
>>I could not get it to boot from the CD. The "c" key or another one I
>>found (command-option-delete-backspace) would get it to force a boot
>>from CD. I pulled the HDD and thought it looked like any other one I
>>have kicking around and swapped it with a blank one. This seemed to work
>>by truly forcing it to look to the CD for a bootable disk. The Ubuntu
>>live CD does boot and brings me to a desktop, but I have run out of time
>>for today and will try to install tomorrow.
>>
>>I almost forgot, during the Ubuntu bootup, the screen does indeed go
>>dark, so I plugged in my regular monitor to the external VGA port on the
>>back of the iMac box, and I can now see. It does boot pretty slow, I am
>>hoping that is because of not booting from the HDD.
>>
>>I wonder if I can take it apart to separate the monitor from the rest
>>of the machine? It would make it lighter and easier to carry =>
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