[plug] iBook question

[Shayne O'Neill]

I tried to install debian on a G3 once, and trashed the boot bios :( :( :(

since vowed never to try again.

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On Tue, 4 May 2004, Matthew Prouse wrote:

>
> I just found a toilet seat :) I mean an Apple iBook whilst cleaning out a
> cupboard at work. I blew the dust off it and turned it on: it works... Boss
> gave it to me.... happy birthday!
>
> It is an Apple G3 iBook, 366Mhz with 192MB of RAM. It's running OS 9.1 -
> although I found a copy of OS X 10.2 OEM in the same cupboard (we once had
> Mac laptops for graphics/media work). It claims it will install on this
> machine - and I will probably give it a try.
>
> Are there any bad apples here? Did I just get handed a lemon or a toilet seat?
> At first glance its perfect for my other life as an economics student at
> Murdoch. My question is: does anyone who has, or did have, one run Linux on
> them at all?
>
> I asked at Linuxcult and they said Yellowdog. I asked at MandrakeUsers and
> MandrakeClub and they've suggested Gentoo and not Mandrake 9.1 PPC.
>
> Does anyone have any advice or experience with these machines? They look real
> spiffy btw :-)
>
> mousematt
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