[Gllug] Install problems again

[Sarah Ewen]

> And one other question: is anyone on this list using linux on a mac? 
> I'm having trouble finding decent information about that. Main question 
> is whether Linux-from-scratch will work on a G3 iMac.
>

Yup - I've been running Debian on my G3 iBook for ....er, nearly a year 
I think. It rules.

I did an http install (in fact I re-installed the whole thing over this 
Christmas holiday) and it works great: X, wireless networking, 
keyboard... :)

If you follow the guidelines here, you can't really go wrong:
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html

You should absolutely use the BenH kernel if you want stuff to work. 
Some advice...

There are two things you can't forget:

1. When configuring your (benh) kernel, do NOT select raw ADB keycodes. 
It might seem like a good idea, but only if you want to log in as 
"sswj". *bad*.
2. Don't forget 'append "sends_linux_keycodes=1"' when setting up yaboot 
(lilo equiv.). Or you'll suffer the same fate and hate yourself for 
hours fixing it. Explanation why:
http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/keycodes

On a slightly off topic note...when I re-installed recently I 
re-installed Mac OS X too and switched back to HFS+ instead of UFS. Mac 
OS X seems to be a *lot* happier running on HFS+..and some useful apps 
like Palm Desktop require it.

Fink for Mac OS X is getting pretty complete these days too, which means 
that even under Darwin you can easily run X with blackbox, or 
enlightenment even if you're feeling crazy...with Gnome or KDE. 
Installing it is almost too easy (even for us mac users, yeah yeah). And 
it's all apt-getty. Sweet.

HTH,

Sarah.


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