{"id":462,"date":"2008-11-15T14:02:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spikesoft.ch\/?p=462"},"modified":"2008-11-15T14:02:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T13:02:36","slug":"ubuntu-810-on-a-powermac-g4-450-mhz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spikesoft.ch\/?p=462","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 8.10 on a PowerMac G4 450 mhz"},"content":{"rendered":"

After buying a new MacPro and giving the old PowerMac G5 to my mother, I had a spare machine with no clearly defined role. I choose to give a try to Ubuntu on this PowerMac G4 450 Mhz.<\/p>\n

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This machine is now an 9 years old, but I never had any problem with it except that I had to change the power supply.<\/p>\n

My previous experience of installing Ubuntu on an old Mac was performed on an PowerMac 7500 and was far from successful. This time I had no problem at all to install it.<\/p>\n

Step-by-step guide<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Download the latest Ubuntu<\/a> release for PowerPC (currently 8.10 Intrepid Ibex), be carefull to choose the alternate install CD (the other download is server version without a GUI)<\/li>\n
  2. Burn the CD<\/li>\n
  3. Start the Mac with the option(alt) key pressed down and insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive<\/li>\n
  4. Choose to boot on the CD (the icon with the CD and a small pinguin on the bottom left)<\/li>\n
  5. Follow the on screen indications<\/li>\n
  6. I had a problem during the installation when the installer tries to detect my CD-ROM drive. In order to circumvent the problem I had to issue the following command in the second terminal (you access it with option+F1 key combination): modprobe ide-scsi <\/code> You should ear the CD spinning in the drive and by restarting this step of the install this should go through.<\/li>\n
  7. Take a break, the installation now goes till this end without a problem but last in my case 1 hour.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s it. As you see there’s no major challenge in this operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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