On Mar 25, 2004, at 8:06 AM, Kevin wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 18:46, Bryce C wrote:
>> I should clarify, mine is an iBook G3 (Early 2003), running OSX via
>> dual-boot and MOL. Interesting.
>
> Bryce, that is exactly what I am interested in. I am considering a
> PowerBook G4, but I must be able to dual-boot between Gentoo and OSX
> Panther. I know I can run several Linux distros on the PowerBook, but
> I
> need to retain the ability to dual-boot into native OSX.
Dual booting is not a problem.
> Anyway, can you clarify? <dumb question> Is it possible to install
> Linux and OSX into separate partitions on a PowerBook and dual boot
> between them with Grub or something similar? I am assuming it's
> possible. </dumb question>
The easiest way is to use Open Firmware. Just hold down one of the
alt/option keys at boot and you will see icons for Linux and OS X.
Click on the penguin. (I'm not kidding).
>
> My google searches are taking me in many different directions, but no
> clear answers. A PowerBook G4 is a bit too expensive for the
> "buy-it-and-try-it" plan I usually take.
>
> Also, reading the MOL docs it looks like MOL is booting an OSX (or
> MacOS) installation from a partition on the drive. Is that right? It
> is clearly not a hardware emulation environment (like VMWare) where one
> can install a "guest" OS within the VM. Am I getting close?
You are right.
I don't want to start a distro war but *at first* I think you should
start with Yellow Dog on PPC hardware simply because YDL is by far the
most popular PPC Linux. There is a big community and you wont
encounter issues that haven't been solved by others. Later you can move
to another distro if YDL doesn't meet your needs for some reason.
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