[ale] Old Apple G3 and Linux

[hpassau at emory.edu (Billy Passauer)]

Jeb Barger wrote:
> I have an old beige g3 and would like to put linux on it.  However, it 
> doesn't want to boot from the cd.  Anybody got a suggestions?

Hi Jeb,

I don't remember exactly where the line is drawn as to which Macs could 
boot linux directly from CD, as well as being able to boot linux 
directly from the hard drive, ("New World" macs) and those that had to 
have a small installation of Mac OS installed which then booted to linux 
using the BootX loader ("Old World" macs).  It's possible that yours is 
in the latter category.  Maybe these will help:

    penguinppc.org: Macintosh
    http://penguinppc.org/mac/

    penguinppc.org: BootX Bootloader
    http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/

  ... Billy ...