Live CD for iBook

[James Knott]

Matt Cahill wrote:
> Friday, November 26, 2004, 3:46:42 PM, you wrote:
> 
> 
> PQ> Which o/s does your iBook run? I know OS X 10.x is  *nix/*bsd
> PQ> operating system. If that's the case, I don't any reason you 
> PQ> couldn't continue using OS X.
> PQ>  
> 
>  Phillip,
> 
>   Well, it currently has an early version of OSX, but it originally
>   had OS9 on it (and I suspect the CD only supplies OS9).  The reason
>   I'm looking for a good 'nix Live CD is because I'm sure the iBook
>   needs a good cleaning (as in, formatting) and I don't have a copy of
>   OSX on hand.
> 
>   I'm not sold on loading Linux on it, and this is why I thought about
>   trying a Live CD.

Doesn't it use a PowerPC series CPU?  Most (all?) of the Live Linux CDs 
support only x86.  However, there is Yellow Dog Linux, which should work 
on your computer.

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com
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