Ubuntu/Kubuntu on Mac G5.

[Jeremiah Foster]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 11:31 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> Sorry for top posting, but I am using Mail.app in OS X, which  
> fulfills all of my needs except that I have to top post :-(
> 
Nonsense. You can hit reply and insert your text in the right place like
everyone else does.

> I want to install Kubuntu Dapper Flight 3 on a second SATA internal  
> drive. In the system profile, my Macintosh HD shows up with "disk0s3"  
> as the BSD name, whereas the HD I want to install on has the BSD name  
> of "disk1s3". Does the command for "sata/scsi: sudo mount -t hfsplus / 
> dev/sdaX /mount/point" still apply for Ubuntu/Kubuntu?
> 
> I tried the Ubuntu Dapper Flight 3 PPC live-CD, which is the newest  
> available, so the fan problem must still not have been addressed.
> 
If it is not in the latest live CD it will not likely be in the latest
install CD.

> Cheers,
> 
> Brian
> 
> On 17. jan 2006, at 3.30, Larry Grover wrote:
> 
> > Brian Durant wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >
> > - snip -
> >
> > I can't help with your earlier questions, but...
> >
> >> 4) How do you mount an HFS+ partition?
> >
> > for first ide drive:
> >
> > sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/hdaX /mount/point
> >
> > for sata/scsi:
> >
> > sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdaX /mount/point
> >
> >> 5) How do I spot my Macintosh HD when I install? What will it be   
> >> listed as?
> >
> > For the first ide drive it should be hda, for sata or scsi it  
> > should be sda.
> >
> > Are you planning to dual boot (OSX and Linux) from the same drive?  
> > If so, you'll need to partition the drive and (re)install OSX, then  
> > install Ubuntu.  There is some information about this on the wiki:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation/PowerPC?highlight=%28install% 
> > 29%7C%28powerpc%29
> > and the Debian powerpc installation guide is also helpful:
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/
> >
> >> 6) Solution for the fan reving problem?
> >
> > I think this is an issue of having proper thermal control in the  
> > kernel.  I don't have one of these machines so I'm not certain, but  
> > I think this is supposed to be fixed in recent kernels; you might  
> > want to skip Breezy and go for the Dapper pre-release to get a  
> > newer kernel.
> >
> >> I have more, but this is a good start. Glad to be back.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Larry
> >
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