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[Greg Faith <gregfaith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I've forwarded this to the testers on lubuntu-qa[1] It seems pretty agreed
> by all teams that lubuntu will now be the flavour to fully support the older
> Macs going forward. Do feel free to join that list and ask questions from
> the Mac testers on there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa
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> On 6 August 2012 18:47, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 6 August 2012 18:37, paul sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am trying to help a friend who has a mac book
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook#iBook_G3_Dual_USB_.28.22Snow.22.29
>>>
>>> trying to boot a LIVE cd of 10.10 and getting a blank screen,  i know
>>> there are options that can be typed in at the boot:  prompt and just
>>> wondered if anyone had some ideas
>>>
>>> things like I think live=novga isn't working
>>>
>>> using ubuntu 10.10 ppc build
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>>
>> Daft question, on a machine that old, have you tried boot cdrom?
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>> s/
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>>>
>>> Paul
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Paul,

I would recommend trying Lubuntu 12.04 Powerpc.

Here is the best information I know of on installing the Powerpc..

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#Which_Macs_are_compatible_with_Ubuntu.3F

I use USB drives for my iso testing on my G4 PowerBook.  I build my
isos on the USBs on a PC laptop because that is where all my isos are
stored.  The dd command work well for building the iso correctly then
the trick is to get the USB to boot through open firmware. You might
give that a try, knowing Lubuntu runs under 200 Mib using much less
resources than most other flavors.

Good Luck
Greg nm_geo