On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:03:53 +0200 Joerg Rossdeutscher <ratti@gesindel.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Donnerstag, den 19.08.2004, 21:33 -0400 schrieb S.D.A.: > > I'm going to attempt installing Sarge on my brother's G3 beige (old > > world), this weekend. Were you able to boot directly from the cd, or > > did you need to boot from floppy? Any pointers welcome -- I'm in the > > process of reading the Debian Mac install instructions, but pointers > > always welcome. > > Beige G3 firmware is kind of broken. Some people claim to have managed > to boot from it - I didn't manage in days, like most users. There is a > small extension program for Mac OS 9 to boot linux. Sorry, forgot the > name... You can boot Mac OS 9, but nearly immediately it hands over to > linux. Not the original poster, but you've sparked my curiosity now. Does this extension only work for Beige G3s or does it also work with B&W G3s? Does it require v. 9 or will it work with 8.6 too? Oh, and do you have links to the extension or sources for the same? Thanks, Jacob -- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Random .signature #46: Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted before the changes will take effect. Reboot now? [OK]
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