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Experience Installing Ubuntu "Dapper Drake" on PowerMac G5?
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 254555" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>Does anyone have any successful experience installing the latest Ubuntu (6.06, "Dapper Drake") on a PowerMac G5? I would like to dual boot with Mac OS X. I am guessing that an external drive is needed for this (i.e. install Ubuntu on an external drive) but I have heard that Ubuntu itself doesn't support Firewire, and the Mac won't boot from a USB 2.0 drive).</p><p></p><p>Does this mean that Ubuntu and Mac OS X can't be run on the same Mac, or is there a way to install both on the same disk?</p><p></p><p>By the way, I don't really want to use Parallels or boot camp if I can get away with it - ideally, just two disks and two boot selections. I seem to recall that there is some magic key you can hold down during boot and the Mac firmware will present a list of available boot disks. If one could be Mac OS X and the other Ubuntu, I would be done!</p><p></p><p>Any and all insights appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 254555, member: 17052"] Does anyone have any successful experience installing the latest Ubuntu (6.06, "Dapper Drake") on a PowerMac G5? I would like to dual boot with Mac OS X. I am guessing that an external drive is needed for this (i.e. install Ubuntu on an external drive) but I have heard that Ubuntu itself doesn't support Firewire, and the Mac won't boot from a USB 2.0 drive). Does this mean that Ubuntu and Mac OS X can't be run on the same Mac, or is there a way to install both on the same disk? By the way, I don't really want to use Parallels or boot camp if I can get away with it - ideally, just two disks and two boot selections. I seem to recall that there is some magic key you can hold down during boot and the Mac firmware will present a list of available boot disks. If one could be Mac OS X and the other Ubuntu, I would be done! Any and all insights appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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