Dapper on a PowerBook G3?

[Harold Johnson]

Thanks for our suggestions, Tommy.  I came across your response as I am
installing Ubuntu Server (Breezy); I'm going to update to Dapper by
adjusting apt's sources.list and see if things work out.  I'm not sure even
where to *begin* customizing a kernel, though I do appreciate the
suggestion.  Perhaps I'll get one of the new Ubuntu books that are coming
out; hopefully one of them will have PPC-specific information.

Harold

On 6/6/06, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/06, Harold Johnson <harold.johnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Looks like it's back to Ubuntu Server,
> > which at least fits on my 2GB hard drive (whereas Ubuntu Server does
> not, so
> > I'm fairly certain Ubuntu Desktop will not, either).
>
> That sounds like a very frustratingly small drive! As you probably
> know, the Wallstreet's drive is very easy to replace, and uses a
> standard laptop drive... I have a 20-gig Fujitsu in mine to replace
> the 4-gig IBM that came with it. HOWEVER before I attempt to upgrade
> from Breezy to Dapper I will probably wipe the drive's partitions to
> give myself more linux room... I have the HFS boot partition, plus the
> EXT3 linux partition PLUS two HFS+ partitions with my Mac OS 9.2.2
> "legacy" applications and data (that I use under MOL). As it stands,
> there's no way I can compile a kernel....
>
> Based on your difficulties, I wouldn't be surprised if you need a
> custom kernel to get the things going. It may be as simple as
> compiling in modules for your hardware. You might be able to get there
> by installing and booting an older Ubuntu kernel as an option.
>
> Here's an idea -- maybe a diff between a Breezy (or even Hoary) kernel
> config file and the Dapper version might give you some ideas for what
> modules they don't include anymore. You'll have to find a machine with
> a drive big enough to compile yours, but custom kernel may be the best
> option.
>
> You might also have a look at the relevant Debian oldworld
> installation and config file...  Some Debian folks seem committed to
> keeping the oldworlds bootable, even as Ubuntu can't support them
> anymore.
>
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