Apple Mac : what model for Ubuntu ?

[Eric Dunbar]

> Plus, you don't have Firmware (BIOS-like) limitations on the size of
> the HDs you can use (old OSes will require you partition a _large_
> drive but you'll still be able to use all of it)... you could have an
> 8 year old PPC (like the 8600/200) running a 160 GB drive hooked up to
> an IDE controller or to the SCSI bus(es... I suspect the 8600 had two
> of 'em) (I'm not sure if the 8600 comes with an IDE controller)).

If it doesn't come with an IDE controller you can pop in an IDE
controller card (I don't think so now that I think of it... my 7600
had its CD-ROM on the SCSI chain so the 8600 probably did too). There
are a number of cards out there that support booting on Mac hardware
(check out www.xlr8yourmac.com ... they may have info on the cards,
otherwise, the YellowDogLinux (a PPC-only Linux) mailing lists may be
able to help).

Eric.