[clug-talk] Linux & Mac OS Dual-Boot

[Cameron]

>> What I would ideally like to do is get it dual (or triple) booting 
>> between linux & Mac OS.  I am not overly worried about storing data on 
>> it as I have a Windows 2003 domain (yes I know) that acts as my file 
> 
> That is an awfully expensive toy to have at home.
The server is the expensive toy?  Actaully it is an old computer from 
work using a copy of server 2003 that I got for free...hehehe

The Mac I also got for free...but just haven't been doing much with it 
other than playing aorund with it.

>> it supports an AirCard I am contemplating installing one...but would 
>> want to make sure that the AirCard would work in Linux as well.
> 
> Hit or miss.  Make sure there is a good return policy wherever you get
> the card.
I gues sthe same could be said for any wireless card...but theoretically 
I wold imagine if it works on OS X it should have a good chance to work 
on Linux as well.

>> What I need suggestions on is the following:
>> * Any  distro suggestions?  I am pretty comfortable with and would 
>> prefer using *buntu's but I don't know if they still make any of these 
>> for the PPC chips.  Do they?  If so where are they found?
> 
> Debian still supports PPC (what doesn't debian support)
> Ubuntu dropped PPC in favour of Sparc.
I suppose debian would be a good candiadte.. probably the closest thing 
to ubuntu....

Do red hat & suse still make PPC distros? Hmmmm

>> I know there is Yellow Dog and have heard is one of the better ones for 
>> Mac's.  Any opinions, etc?
> 
> Excellent distro.
Ahhhh...and it would appear that it is RPM based and uses defaults to 
Gnome but with enlightenment e 17

>> * What pre-installation steps do I need to consider?  Is there a special 
>> order I should install things in?
> 
> Use google.

You mean you don't have a list at your desk gustin?  Shame! ;-)

>> I am planning top use OS 9.2.2 right now and if I can ever get my hands 
>> on a copy of Mac OS X I would like to install that as well.  I don't 
> 
> OS X has steep hardware requirements.  You should make sure that you
> meet (or better still exceed) the minimum requirements.  Do not expect
> that you will be able to run the latest version of OS X on this old machine.

 From what I have seen it will supposedly run OS X up to 10.4...but I 
could be on crack about that...

>> know if it is recommended/possible/advisable to boot into 9 & 10 & then 
>> into Linux as well...basically setting up a triple boot.  Or is it 
>> better to have an OS 9 for now, then upgrade it to OS X & run OS 9 stuff 
>> in classic mode & then stick with a dual boot?
> 
> Seriously, when it came to Macs, I had only one OS on them, either
> Debian or YD.  MacOS 9 seems kind of pointless, Especially these days.
> Kind of like running Win95.

I wanted to have access to the OS 9 as well because I stil get some 
support requests for it and sometimes need to test thing sout.

>> * Seeing as it will initially connect to a Windows domain and later to a 
>> Linux domain is there anything I would need server side?  I knwo windows 
>> has services for mac, but I am thinking if there is something for Linux 
>> or possible an open source equivalent of Services for mac in windows.  I 
>> seem to remember something like that... but the name escapes me and 
>> can't think of the details.
> 
> Samba.  OS X uses samba.  Not sure how it worked on older MacOS
> versions, though personally I don't care :)

Hmmm...I will need to keep digging on this one.