Instalacia Fedory na PPC

[patrik rybar]

- http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/ibook/fedorappc.html
hlavne odsek 17. a 18.

- pozrite manual k yaboot-u

- pozrite, ci nieje update pre openfw a bootloader pre vas mac
(ja som musel na iMac DV davat novy)

niekde na YellowDog strankach najdete zoznam typov iMac , ktore 
potrebuju update

- pripadne pokukajte na http://apple-history.com/, ze ktory iMac mate doma


TERMINOLOGY

alt (the "alt" or "option" key)
meta (the "meta" or "command" or "Apple" key)
ctrl (the "control" or "strg" key)
esc (the "escape" key)
OF (Open Firmware)
OF console (Open Firmware console)
console (Open Firmware console or UNIX console)
Darwin (Apple's Darwin OS or MacOS X)
GNU (usually Linux)
alt+meta ("alt" and "meta" key pressed simultaneously)
alt+alt (also "alt" and "meta" key pressed simultaneously)
OF variable (a variable the value of which is stored in nvram)
nvram (the battery-powered non-volatile RAM of the machine)
PReP (PowerPC Reference Platform, an older type of IBM PowerPC machines)
CHRP (Common Hardware Reference Platform, a newer type of IBM PowerPC 
machines)
Old World (non-colorful Apple PowerMacs and clones)
New World (colorful Apple PowerMacs, like iMac or PowerMac G4, and any 
newer Apple machine)
nwo (New World Order)

Examples of Open Firmware machines:

     * Apple PCI PowerMacs
     * PCI PowerMac clones from other vendors (such as UMAX or Motorola)
     * IBM RS/6000 (PCI models)
     * non-PowerPC machines from Sun and other vendors


Examples of machines that do NOT use Open Firmware:

     * Apple PowerMacs of the earlier generation (NuBus-based)
     * PowerMac clones that are NuBus-based
     * 68k Macintoshes (and other 68k-based machines)
     * most other hardware architectures (including IBM PCs and clones)






Vladimir Rengevic wrote:
> Pekny den,
> 
> mam "drobny" problem. Na jedneho iMac-a chcem naisntalovat Linux. Stiahol
> som si Fedoru Core 4, spustil instalaciu. Partisny som vytvaral rucne aj 
> automaticky, vzdy ma
> to nutilo vytvorit jednu specialnu pre apple. Instalacia prebehla bez 
> problemov
> az na jednoduchu "drobnost" - neviem ho nabootovat. Z CD bootuje bez 
> problemov,
> ale z disku ani za svet. Na zaver instalacie som postrehol aj hlasku o 
> zavadzani bootloadera,
> ale nejak nechce fungovat. Ked som skusal nabootovat z CD s MacOS9 a 
> zmenit mu startovaci
> disk bohuzial nevidi Linuxove disky. Poradi mi niekto?
> 
> Vopred dakujem! ;o)
> 
> Vlado
>