On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote:
> > > > > > Can the machine boot from a USB flash drive? Or over the network? > > > One of these approaches might be easier for you. > > > > > > > I'm trying to find out how to boot form USB. Boot from network also > > sounds good. I'll investigate how to setup a DHCP and TFTP server on > > my OS X (Yosemite) and how to boot iBook from network. > > Here's a guide for Ubuntu, it might still be helpful to you if you can > use dnsmasq and (a normal) tftpd. > Cool that dnsmasq can serve both dhcp and tftp. I'll give it a try. > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/Netboot > > Booting from the network is rather easy, and it is a nice thing to have > set up in case you might need it in a situation like this. Both of my > desktop machines at home are set up to boot from each other in case the > root disk fails on one of them, and it is really helpful when I need to > boot from something other than the normal root disk. > > Here is a guide on how to boot an iBook G4 from USB: > > > http://ben-collins.blogspot.no/2010/08/booting-your-ibook-g4-from-usb-stick.html > I ever looked at this blog a few years ago when I was trying to install Debian 6 on my iBook but I failed to make it boot from USB. At last I used the Booting from Hard Disk <https://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/powerpc/ch05s01.html.en#install-drive> way by downloading the image files to the OS X filesystem. (It's years ago and now I don't remember how. :) -clark > > > > Other than that, I'm afraid I can't help you - I know nothing about > > > yaboot. > > > > > > > I never know about yaboot and Open Firmware when I was using Mac OS X > > on the iBook. They're all mysterious to me. Still learning. :) > > Keep going :) > > Good luck, > > Petter > > -- > "I'm ionized" > "Are you sure?" > "I'm positive." >
