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#How to install linux on a mac g4 for mac
#How to install linux on a mac g4 mac os

#How to install linux on a mac g4 mac os

'w'rite the partition table.īefore you reboot, make a note of the partition numbers of your bootstrap partition, your ' /' partition, your Mac OS Standard drive and the drive that Mac OS is installed on. The partition starts at the base of the free space and extends for its length. This is most easily done by checking the partition table and using the 'c' command interactively. Be careful, the # will be one greater than last time since you made a new parition.įinally, make your Linux ' /' partition. Where # is the partition number of the free space. Create a bootstrap partition with the following: 'p'rint the partition table, note the partition number of the now empty space.

'c' or 'C' creates Linux and other drives respectively.

Wipe out the 'Unallocated' Mac OS partition. Make a note of the 'Unallocated' Mac OS drive you created before. Once in edit mode, you have some options: 'e' puts you into edit mode, try using /dev/hde for your drive's ID. This part is sort of tricky unless you're comftorable with basic fdisk utilities.

Uncompress pdisk, it is a part of the debian-imac package.

Uncompress it to your Mac OS Standard drive.

#How to install linux on a mac g4 for mac

After that, make a small Mac OS Standard Drive and then all your Mac OS Extended drives for Mac OS.

Leave the first parition 'Unallocated' and make it as large as you want all of Linux's drives to be.

Find Drive Setup and use it to blow everything away.

Well, first and foremost, I assume you're keeping Mac OS around somewhere on hand.

This document assumes a little knowlege with Debian.

So, armed with a brand spanking new 80 gig Seagate ATA IV and a cable modem, I set out to install a new system on my G4 Cube. Well, alright, the Cube isn't new, but the 80 gig Seagate ATA IV is. Over the past 2 days I've dedicated my waking hours to making Debian GNU/Linux on my shiny new G4 Cube.