[WelMac] Linux on PowerPC

[Neil Bartlett]

Barry,

Did the PCI card Manufacture state it was usable on a Mac under OS 9?  
There are a lot more drivers installed along with OS X than there  
were in OS 9 and it is unlikely that drivers were available at the  
time of OS 9 and the 7300. It would be worth checking with the  
manufacturer specifically for your case. BTW there is no BIOS on a Mac.

Regards
Neil


On 30/05/2006, at 1:57 PM, Barry Malcolm wrote:

> Thanks Jo, I'll have a look at Ubuntu.
>
> Enjoy your leave
> Barry
>
>>
>>> From: Barry Malcolm <barrym at actrix.co.nz>
>>> Date: 29 May 2006 23:46:32.0
>>> To: Jo Booth <mangee at welmac.org.nz>
>>> Subject: Linux on PowerPC
>>>
>>> Hi Jo
>>>
>>> I was at tonights meeting and asked Wayne if anyone in the  club
>>> might have tried installing Linux on the PPC. He suggested I
>>> contact you about it as he thought you had some experience of this.
>>> Is this correct?
>>>
>>> The reason I was asking is that I've installed a PCI card with USB
>>> ports in my PowerMac 7300 and no matter what I try I cannot get the
>>> Mac  software to talk to the USB ports and thus to my digital
>>> camera or card reader. I've used OS8.6 and OS9.0 and downloaded the
>>> USB adapter card software v1.4.1 from Apple. The ASP can tell the
>>> USB card is there and the card's manufacturer <sunix.com.tw> tells
>>> me no driver is needed. It seems to me the problem must be in the
>>> BIOS. I've finally got fed up and think I'll try switching to
>>> Linux  on the Mac, as I've had no problem with using Linux on my PC.
>>> There seems to be at least 5 flavours -- Mandrake, Yellow Dog,
>>> Debian, Gentoo and LinuxPPC.
>>>
>>> If you have tried it, or are using it, I'd be delighted to hear
>>> what success you have had, what problems you have met, and what
>>> flavour of Linux you used.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Barry
>>
>> I have done it... see the piccies at <http://www.flickr.com/photos/
>> mangee/68959828/>
>> and <http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=me&q=linux+mac&m=tags>
>>
>> I've installed m68k linux and ubunutu.. on a variety machines.
>>
>> I'm on leave at present, so will forward this to the welmac
>> discussion list for further info.
>>
>> http://wellylug.org.nz is the local Linux Group - who hang out on
>> irc  -- irc.wellylug.org.nz on channel #mac or #wellylug
>> See also <http://wellylug.org.nz/index.php?page=discussion/  
>> discussion.php>
>>
>
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