Hello there, complete off-topic, sorry about this, but my former idea was to install a CentOS on an old mac mini (PPC!). Disappointed to see that PowerPC is not a supported architecture and that non ARM or Intel architecture are not managed by recent distros.. :-(. Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. Any hint or experience would be welcome? Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20150915/b7e8da54/attachment-0001.sig>
On 2015-09-15, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:> > Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I > need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 > (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall > iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the > original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds.You might try Ubuntu or Debian. Keep in mind that Macs present their own challenge beyond just a different architecture; they had a funky implementation of Open Firmware that was a major PITA to configure properly. The Mac OF bootloader, yaboot, is pretty much abandonware at this point as well. --keith -- kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us
Am 15.09.2015 um 17:12 schrieb Keith Keller <kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us>:> On 2015-09-15, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: >> >> Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I >> need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 >> (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall >> iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the >> original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. > > You might try Ubuntu or Debian. Keep in mind that Macs present their > own challenge beyond just a different architecture; they had a funky > implementation of Open Firmware that was a major PITA to configure > properly. The Mac OF bootloader, yaboot, is pretty much abandonware at > this point as well.this also helps to boot http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ -- LF
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:29 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:> Hello there, > > > complete off-topic, sorry about this, but my former idea was to install > a CentOS on an old mac mini (PPC!). Disappointed to see that PowerPC is > not a supported architecture and that non ARM or Intel architecture are > not managed by recent distros.. :-(. >Yeah, PPC - your options are limited. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=powerpc&package=All&rolling=All&status=Active A number of years back I saved an XServe G4 from the trash and kept it until the fans drove me crazy! ;-) I used Finnix [http://www.finnix.org/] as a LiveCD/rescue environment. I believe I installed Debian on it at the time and can't recall any problems with bootloader installation. For me PPC wasn't worth the hassle (or the XServe noise!).> > Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I > need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 > (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall > iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the > original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. > > Any hint or experience would be welcome? >Might try Debian (even the netinstall as well) just to see if it will install successfully?> > > Regards, > > -- > wwp > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //
Besides the other linux distros mentioned, you have another more retro type choice http://www.macworld.com/article/2363177/macs/turn-your-g4-era-mac-into-a-next-gen-amiga.html On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:29 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:> Hello there, > > > complete off-topic, sorry about this, but my former idea was to install > a CentOS on an old mac mini (PPC!). Disappointed to see that PowerPC is > not a supported architecture and that non ARM or Intel architecture are > not managed by recent distros.. :-(. > > Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I > need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 > (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall > iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the > original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. > > Any hint or experience would be welcome? > > > Regards, > > -- > wwp > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Jeremy Hoel <jthoel at gmail.com> wrote:> Besides the other linux distros mentioned, you have another more retro type > choice > > http://www.macworld.com/article/2363177/macs/turn-your-g4-era-mac-into-a-next-gen-amiga.html >You know, I do have a G4 mini somewhere... I do wonder if it also works under emulation (KVM AFAIK does support PPC).> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:29 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: > >> Hello there, >> >> >> complete off-topic, sorry about this, but my former idea was to install >> a CentOS on an old mac mini (PPC!). Disappointed to see that PowerPC is >> not a supported architecture and that non ARM or Intel architecture are >> not managed by recent distros.. :-(. >> >> Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I >> need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 >> (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall >> iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the >> original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. >> >> Any hint or experience would be welcome? >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> wwp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos