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Is there a Puppy whch can be booted on an iMac or eMac ???
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gcmartin
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth |
Can anyone provide to me, or, steer me to "how to boot a PUP on an iMac or eMac"? I have been given both. And would like to setup to donate to several kids for upcoming holidays. Thanks in advance for any contributions _________________ Get ACTIVE Create Circles; Do those good things which benefit people's needs! We are all related ... Its time to show that we know this! 3 Different Puppy Search Engines or use DogPile Last edited by gcmartin on Sun 14 Oct 2012, 12:57; edited 1 time in total |
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starhawk
Joined: 22 Nov 2010 Posts: 5056 Location: Everybody knows this is nowhere... |
Intel or PowerPC iMacs? We've got someone working on a PowerPC port of Puppy, but it's not running yet. So at the very least, your eMacs will not be running Puppy. These links might be useful to you: http://penguinppc.org/mac/ http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/downloads/ There is also an Ubuntu port for the PowerPC but we don't recommend Ubuntu around here because it's fat and sluggish -- Linux is supposed to work well, not sit around the house taking up space! _________________  |
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Les Kerf
Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 310 |
I have booted Slacko 531 on our two-year old iMac. It connected to the web just fine, but I didn't do much beyond that. Just wanted to see if it would work. Les |
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gcmartin
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth |
Questions ... So,
Thanks in advance for any info on how to go about this. _________________ Get ACTIVE Create Circles; Do those good things which benefit people's needs! We are all related ... Its time to show that we know this! 3 Different Puppy Search Engines or use DogPile |
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Billtoo
 Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3194 Location: Ontario Canada |
Running from live dvd on intel imac. Report Video 1.4 - Fri 12 Oct 2012 on Slacko Puppy 5.3.6.0 - Linux 3.2.30-4g i686 Chip description: 0.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 2400 XT oem: ATI ATOMBIOS product: M74 01.00 X Server: Xorg Driver used: fglrx X.Org version: 1.12.3 dimensions: 1680x1050 pixels (444x277 millimeters) depth of root window: 24 planes OpenGL Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Renderer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT Version 3.3.11653 Compatibility Profile Context Direct Rendering Yes # glxgears 24530 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4905.869 FPS 24945 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4988.933 FPS 24957 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4991.231 FPS Computer Processor 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8135 @ 2.40GHz Memory 3095MB (277MB used) Using a usb sound card. Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! Pro It's working great! 
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Billtoo
Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3194 Location: Ontario Canada |
Sorry, I didn't read carefully and see that you have older macs, my install is on an intel imac about 4 years old. |
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gcmartin
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth |
Bump _________________ Get ACTIVE Create Circles; Do those good things which benefit people's needs! We are all related ... Its time to show that we know this! 3 Different Puppy Search Engines or use DogPile |
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gcmartin
Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 6730 Location: Earth |
Bump, again Does anyone have any ideas or experiences on a G4 with PUPs? Help with any knowledge if you can _________________ Get ACTIVE Create Circles; Do those good things which benefit people's needs! We are all related ... Its time to show that we know this! 3 Different Puppy Search Engines or use DogPile |
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8-bit
 Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Posts: 3425 Location: Oregon |
As was stated in a previous post, currently there is no usable version of Puppy for the older imacs with the Motorola processor. There were a few people trying to get Puppy to work on them, but the development is in the very early stages. |
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 2285 |
I guess if I found one in a dumpster like I did this desktop I am posting with. I would bite the bullet and install http://www.mintppc.org/content/installation-instructions-mintppc-11 till something better comes along. |
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Billtoo
Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3194 Location: Ontario Canada |
Hi rokytnji, thanks for the link, I installed it on my G5 imac and it's working pretty well. No sound yet but hopefully will get that working. Computer Processor PowerPC PPC970FX, altivec supported (1800.00MHz) Memory 2005MB (167MB used) Operating System Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sid User Name bill (Bill) Date/Time Wed 24 Oct 2012 01:44:53 AM EDTDisplay Resolution 1440x900 pixels OpenGL Renderer Software Rasterizer X11 Vendor The X.Org FoundationVersion Kernel Linux 3.2.0-3-powerpc64 (ppc64) Compiled #1 SMP Mon Jul 23 08:03:56 UTC 2012 C Library Unknown Default C Compiler Unknown Distribution Debian GNU/Linux wheezy/sidOpenGL Vendor Mesa Project Renderer Software Rasterizer Version 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Direct Rendering Yes ~ $ glxgears 409 frames in 5.0 seconds = 81.642 FPS 411 frames in 5.0 seconds = 82.066 FPS 411 frames in 5.0 seconds = 82.134 FPS |
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 2285 |
Hi Billtoo, If wanting some tools to run in Debian for looking at hardware. A lightweight script I run is inxi. http://code.google.com/p/inxi/ http://code.google.com/p/inxi/wiki/Installation It might help with looking into details on your soundcard chip on that ppc and I run inxi in all my Distro installs from Puppy to Slackware. It will drop right into Debian also. It is only a script so it is very lightweight install also.
Run
for a list of options that can be used and
for a hardware check and see what inxi recommends you install to get stuff working better. This install is pretty new still so I have not got around yet to installing glx and mesa yet. Not a big priority for me .
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with Puppy (MacPup 529) on it.
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Billtoo
Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 3194 Location: Ontario Canada |
hi rokytnj1, Thanks for the info, I did get sound working using a usb sound card, I will give your script a try and see if I can get the internal sound working. It would save me some bucks because I swiped the usb sound card off my intel mac which is running slacko 5365 and I don't really want to buy another one. EDIT: here's a screenshot, it's working well, thanks again.
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