Re: [LUG] iMac

[David <hhdave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I've installed various flavours of Linux (including Debian) on various 
macs, though not Debian on an iMac. I'm sure it's possible though, and 
a quick google turned up this: http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net/ 
(instructions and files for doing so)

It certainly should be possible to stick in a big IDE drive (I think) 
and install Linux. I was using a Beige G3 running Linux with a 120GB 
drive for that purpose, though I recently put Panther on it (using 
XPostFacto).

-- David

On 22 Oct 2004, at 11:16, Richard Brown wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> I have a G3 iMac - the purple sort although I think Apple called it 
> some other colour. I am about to stick it up on ebay. I reckon I might 
> get £100! But before I do I wonder whether I can install Debian on it.
>
> The specs are PowerPC G3 333MHz with 160mb Ram and a 6gig H/D. It has 
> a CD Rom but no floppy drive.
>
> I currently own a G4 Powerbook and hope shortly to invest in a new G5 
> iMac. I would like a Linux machine to act as a back-up for both laptop 
> and desktop. It would also run all the php/mysql files that I 
> currently run.
>
> Would it be possible to install a larger hard drive (160gig) and run 
> Debian on this G3 to act as a backup machine or would I be better off 
> flogging the machine for as much as I can get and buying a beige box 
> and installing Linux on that!
>
> Rich
> www.littlebigfoot.org.uk
> "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing 
> good news." Isaiah 52 v 7 (The Message)
>
>
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