[PLUG] Installing Linux on an old PowerPC

[Michael H. Collins]

you need to leave some apple on there.  (minimal install) then put a 
bootloader then install.  I have put gentoo on 20 or thirty of these old 
world machines.

Evan Heidtmann wrote:
> I have here in front of me a pile of very old Power Machintosh machines. 
> They have 32MB of memory and are running Mac OS 8.1. It's got a beige or 
> white case, a floppy drive, and a tray-loading CDROM drive. A sticker on 
> the side indicates it was purchased in April of 1998. It says "Power 
> Machintosh 5500/225" on the front.
> 
> I want to put a light Linux system on these so they can act as clients 
> to an LTSP system. All I need to do is boot the system and start up
> "X -indirect servername".
> 
> How can I accomplish this? The debian-ppc boot floppies are spit out on 
> boot.
> 
> This is entirely uknown territory for me. Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Evan
> 
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