[plug] Getting linux running ona beige g3 mac

[Craig Foster]

Yes, the beige G3 does *NOT* have open firmware. 
That's why it can't run MacOS X.

Regards,

Craig Foster
fostware at iinet.net.au (with SMIME) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Ringer [mailto:craig at postnewspapers.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:48 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Getting linux running ona beige g3 mac
> 
> 
> > It's nothing to do with it being beige, is it? Would a 
> transparent blue 
> > one let you see what is going on?
> 
> Yeah, probably. Gotta love a mac. Even apple describes the powerbook 
> revisions as "copper keyboard / brown keyboard" or whatever.
> 
> In this case, there's a definite chance that the beige G3s don't use 
> Open Firmware - I think that started out with the B&W G3s . 
> Can't check 
> because while we do have a beige G3 @ work its more than slightly 
> important - controls our SCSI imagesetter.
> 
> I run a network that has 10 macs on it, and *oh how I hate 
> them*. OS 10 
> is OK (v.good with some "apple blind spots") but OS 9 is so apalling. 
> Crashintosh, indeed.
> 
> Craig Ringer
> 
> 
> 
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