Re: Linux distributions for PPC?

[Nathan Nutter <nathan.nutter@cox.net>]

To boot to console you hold down a key at boot, for more info see:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459


Casey Boone wrote:

> if you want to play with darwin, there is a way to make osx boot to a 
> console mode instead of into gui... i am not sure how but i think you 
> log in as "console".
>
> yellow dog is basically ppc redhat/fedora, and i think redhat is kewl 
> with that.
>
> i think netbsd has a decent ppc port, but i dont have any ppc machines 
> so i dont really pay attention to ppc stuff hardly at all. i have also 
> been told gentoo for ppc is decent but a pain to install sometimes.
>
> i have no idea as to what supports that airport card and what doesnt.
>
> Casey
>
>
>> Does anyone have any experience with Linux distributions for PPC? I was
>> wanting to dual-boot because after some use, OS X still seems odd. I've
>> looked at Fedora's PPC offering but it still hasn't been released and
>> there haven't been very many messages on their mailing list. Any
>> experience with Yellow Dog Linux or Debian for PPC? I like *BSD but I've
>> ruled them out for the moment as their hardware support is basically
>> non-existant (FreeBSD won't even boot multiuser yet, at least not that I
>> could find). I might give Darwin a try in a dual-boot.
>>
>> Last, does anyone know of drivers for my integrated AirportExtreme
>> wireless card?
>>
>> Brandon, going through virtual console withdrawal.
>>
>>
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