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Specific advice on installing ubuntu onto a Power Mac 2.5ghz PowerPC Please :)
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<blockquote data-quote="1984dc" data-source="post: 1044824" data-attributes="member: 151926"><p>Hello all.</p><p></p><p>I am going to install a Version of Ubuntu (not that i am straying away from my beautiful OS that apple provide, i will be running it along side and will still be using it heavily;D) on to my Mac G5 Dual Core 2.5 Ghz PowerPC and i was wondering if anybody had done the same and had any installation advice specific to the G5 PowerPC architecture that i am going to build on. I am planning to build Install ubuntu to an external hard drive and use that as a separate boot option using the open firmware codes provided on this page</p><p> <a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384" target="_blank">Boot PowerPC Macs via USB 2.0 drives - Mac OS X Hints</a></p><p>When i need to use ubuntu i will simply boot from Open firmware and add the code. Is this in fact possible?</p><p></p><p>I heard on a previous forum that some people needed to modify the linux kernel so that the fans/cooling system worked properly and did not work at full blast using karmic koala. i was wondering if anybody could shed any light on that as i would like to know if that is in fact true, i have heard that this may be the windfarm kernell, but i am unsure at howto change the kernel.</p><p></p><p>I would prefer to install Ubuntu rather than another linux distro as it seems to have the most community support and i am fairly new to linux (i have only been using it for a year on my netbook).</p><p></p><p>Many Many thanks in advance</p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1984dc, post: 1044824, member: 151926"] Hello all. I am going to install a Version of Ubuntu (not that i am straying away from my beautiful OS that apple provide, i will be running it along side and will still be using it heavily;D) on to my Mac G5 Dual Core 2.5 Ghz PowerPC and i was wondering if anybody had done the same and had any installation advice specific to the G5 PowerPC architecture that i am going to build on. I am planning to build Install ubuntu to an external hard drive and use that as a separate boot option using the open firmware codes provided on this page [url=http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384]Boot PowerPC Macs via USB 2.0 drives - Mac OS X Hints[/url] When i need to use ubuntu i will simply boot from Open firmware and add the code. Is this in fact possible? I heard on a previous forum that some people needed to modify the linux kernel so that the fans/cooling system worked properly and did not work at full blast using karmic koala. i was wondering if anybody could shed any light on that as i would like to know if that is in fact true, i have heard that this may be the windfarm kernell, but i am unsure at howto change the kernel. I would prefer to install Ubuntu rather than another linux distro as it seems to have the most community support and i am fairly new to linux (i have only been using it for a year on my netbook). Many Many thanks in advance Dave [/QUOTE]
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