NOTE:I have translated this article very quick and I don’t speak English very good.
If there are errors please comment! 🙂
The Italian version of the howto is here (http://scikingpc.blogspot.it/2013/06/ubuntu-su-powerpc-ibook-g4.html)
Recently a friend gave me an iBook G4 with a Motorola PPC CPU.
Recently a friend gave me an iBook G4 with a Motorola PPC CPU.It had Mac OS X Tiger,but is horrible.
In this howto i will to Install Lubuntu on this iBook
Requisite:
A Mac New Word (With Mac OS X)
Lubuntu 12.04 for PPC
A backup (We’re going to format Mac OS X, but you can make a partition in Mac OS X for GNU/Linux)
For first,you have to insert the Ethernet cable.
Requisite:
A Mac New Word (With Mac OS X)
Lubuntu 12.04 for PPC
A backup (We’re going to format Mac OS X, but you can make a partition in Mac OS X for GNU/Linux)
For first,you have to insert the Ethernet cable.
Insert the Lubuntu CD’s and press C to boot.
Type in the prompt
live b43.blacklist=yes
It should boot.
Clic to remove Mac OS X.
Type in a Terminal:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Select your Time Zone
Select your Layout
Insert your login data.
At the reboot press [TAB] and Type:
Linux b43.blacklist=yes
Insert your data.
Open a Terminal and Type:
sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer
Lubuntu on an iBook.Scorn.
If you have problem to the video type on Yaboot
live video=radeonfb:1024×768-32@60
I thank Alessandro De Filippis for Help me to Install Lubuntu on an iBook