On 09-10-29 08:18:30, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 22:25 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > > On 09-10-28 18:24:49, Josh Boyer wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 06:17:31PM -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > > > >Sorry to bug developers, but I didn't get any bites from PPC > > > >users on fedora-list. > > > > > > > >Does Fedora PPC work or install on oldworld PCI Macs, such as > > > >a beige G3 desktop? My impression is that no one has tried it > > > >on an oldworld > > > > > > > > > No, it doesn't. The ppc specific release notes cover that here: > > > > > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f11/en-US/ > > > index.html#sect-Release_Notes-Hardware_Requirements > > > > I'd looked at the release notes. They says "Minimum CPU: PowerPC > > G3..." and "Although Old World machines should work, they require a > > special bootloader which is not included in the Fedora > > distribution." My question is whether anyone has tried it in any > > recent Fedora release and knows whether "should" means "do" or > > "don't". > > > > (FWIW, the special bootloader is BootX, and Debian Lenny is > > installing now, so /some/ form of Linux works. I just don't know > > anything but hearsay about Debian. I see it uses "apt".) > > I don't know of anyone who's tried it recently, but in the past we've > fixed things in the kernel to make it work properly on OldWorld Macs > and it _has_ been known to work fine. I received a reply off-list from someone who did sucessfully install F11 on an oldworld Mac. > It _ought_ to work if you sort out the bootloader. I was able to get a Debian Lenny install working (after sorting out the bootloader :-), so I am encouraged. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
