From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com (mail-bw0-f219.google.com [209.85.218.219]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A538DDDD01 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:19:04 +1000 (EST) Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so883451bwz.9 for ; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:19:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <0E7783F5-0A6D-413D-828B-735789FA14A7@gmail.com> From: Hubert To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-9--463285482 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: new Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:11:26 +0200 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --Apple-Mail-9--463285482 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just one (1) question... On my iMac (G4 1GHz, 1Gb Leo 10.5.7) I want to use a Linux version... Therefor I downloaded Ubuntu 8 (and 9 and 7). By Disk Utility I made a bootable partition on an external FireWire drive... Changed my startup disk to this partition, and rebooted... Did not work... although the startup disk appears... (By holding down Alt-key during rebooting) Diggin' around on the 'net, learned me in a some way I needed a boot- program, this is the reason why I'm writing this e-mail... My aim is to boot from a partition of my FW-drive and install a Linux version on another partition on that FW-drive... And now the question: is there an unambiguous manual for this newbie that will guide me through this? thanks in advance, Hubert --Apple-Mail-9--463285482 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just one (1) = question...

On my iMac (G4 1GHz, 1Gb Leo 10.5.7) I = want to use a Linux version...

Therefor I downloaded = Ubuntu 8 (and 9 and 7). By Disk Utility I made a bootable partition on = an external FireWire drive... Changed my startup disk to this partition, = and rebooted...

Did not work... although the startup disk = appears... (By holding down Alt-key during = rebooting)

Diggin' around on the 'net, learned = me in a some way I needed a boot-program, this is the reason why I'm = writing this e-mail...

My aim is to boot from a partition of my = FW-drive and install a Linux version on another partition on that = FW-drive...

And now the = question: is there an unambiguous manual for this newbie that will guide = me through this?

thanks in = advance,

Hubert

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