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Jerald M. Sheets jr.
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On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Billy Passauer wrote:

> 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
&gt;     <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://penguinppc.org/mac/";>http://penguinppc.org/mac/</a>
&gt;
&gt;     penguinppc.org: BootX Bootloader
&gt;     <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/";>http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/</a>
&gt;
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