[K12OSN] iMac thin clients

[Jim Hays]

Thanks, Shawn.  My old tech - he quit about 4 months ago - was working 
with this.  I have not been able to spend the time needed to get it 
working.  (Not a huge need but I do have some old Macs running around 
that I would like to use as clients.)


Shawn Powers wrote:

> Jim Hays wrote:
>
>> In reading the Ubuntu site on the ppc side of things, it says that 
>> the CD won't boot with anything older than an iMac.  Do you have it 
>> running on a Beige G3 All-in-one or a 5xxx series PPC?
>
>
> None of the pre-fruity macs will boot installer cds (ok, there are 
> some exceptions, but for the most part it's a rule) -- you have to 
> install a mac partition first.  It's possible ubuntu was not designed 
> to work that way, and might be a challenge to install.
>
> I know yellowdog 3 has intructions on their manual about how to 
> install it on older machines...  That's what I did.
> -Shawn
>