On Sat, Jun 16, 2001 at 09:28:02PM +1200, James Tyson wrote: > > Hi all. > > I just ordered one of the nice new 2001 iBooks - the 128Mb/DVD version to > be exact. > Are there any Gotcha's that I should know about with this box? What > hardware is supported, and what's not, etc? as with all newworld hardware you must partition it correctly. see http://penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml the potato boot-floppies don't know how to setup the bootloader automatically so you have to drop to a shell and run mkofboot yourself, see the installation docs on how to do that. as for hardware support im not sure how 2.2.19 likes them, i think it probably won't care for the video so you will need to add video=ofonly at the yaboot prompt when you boot the CD. (potato r3 CDs should boot). if your a somewhat experienced debian user you may want to test the woody boot-floppies which make the installation process on newworld powermacs much more pleasent. > Hopefully you guys will have given me a few clues by the time the box > arrives on the 28th. ill let others comment on things such as kernel issues and X11. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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