Installing Ubuntu on Macintosh PowerPC, no CD-drive, USB boot not working
I've got a Macintosh PowerPC G5 running on Mac OSX 10.4, it's a bit too old to upgrade to 10.5 and 10.4 doesn't have compatibility with much.
I decided to install Ubuntu instead, I have attempted to make a bootable USB install however it didn't boot through the USB and I wasn't able to access the boot priority because it required a password (this is a hand-me-down I decided to try and fix up).
I also burned a bootable CD installer however it turns out the CD-Drive on the PowerPC seems to have died off.
Is there any other method to get Ubuntu onto this Mac OS X 10.4 PowerPC? I tried installing rEFIt as was mentioned in other posts but apparently it's not compatible either.
Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks :)
Elías
14.04 boot macosx powerpc
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
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I've got a Macintosh PowerPC G5 running on Mac OSX 10.4, it's a bit too old to upgrade to 10.5 and 10.4 doesn't have compatibility with much.
I decided to install Ubuntu instead, I have attempted to make a bootable USB install however it didn't boot through the USB and I wasn't able to access the boot priority because it required a password (this is a hand-me-down I decided to try and fix up).
I also burned a bootable CD installer however it turns out the CD-Drive on the PowerPC seems to have died off.
Is there any other method to get Ubuntu onto this Mac OS X 10.4 PowerPC? I tried installing rEFIt as was mentioned in other posts but apparently it's not compatible either.
Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks :)
Elías
14.04 boot macosx powerpc
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
Try if you can get rid of the password by resetting the PRAM: support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
– Donarsson
Jan 26 '15 at 15:51
add a comment |
I've got a Macintosh PowerPC G5 running on Mac OSX 10.4, it's a bit too old to upgrade to 10.5 and 10.4 doesn't have compatibility with much.
I decided to install Ubuntu instead, I have attempted to make a bootable USB install however it didn't boot through the USB and I wasn't able to access the boot priority because it required a password (this is a hand-me-down I decided to try and fix up).
I also burned a bootable CD installer however it turns out the CD-Drive on the PowerPC seems to have died off.
Is there any other method to get Ubuntu onto this Mac OS X 10.4 PowerPC? I tried installing rEFIt as was mentioned in other posts but apparently it's not compatible either.
Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks :)
Elías
14.04 boot macosx powerpc
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
I've got a Macintosh PowerPC G5 running on Mac OSX 10.4, it's a bit too old to upgrade to 10.5 and 10.4 doesn't have compatibility with much.
I decided to install Ubuntu instead, I have attempted to make a bootable USB install however it didn't boot through the USB and I wasn't able to access the boot priority because it required a password (this is a hand-me-down I decided to try and fix up).
I also burned a bootable CD installer however it turns out the CD-Drive on the PowerPC seems to have died off.
Is there any other method to get Ubuntu onto this Mac OS X 10.4 PowerPC? I tried installing rEFIt as was mentioned in other posts but apparently it's not compatible either.
Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks :)
Elías
14.04 boot macosx powerpc
14.04 boot macosx powerpc
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
asked Jan 26 '15 at 15:08
Elias AndrasonElias Andrason
11113
11113
Try if you can get rid of the password by resetting the PRAM: support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
– Donarsson
Jan 26 '15 at 15:51
add a comment |
Try if you can get rid of the password by resetting the PRAM: support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
– Donarsson
Jan 26 '15 at 15:51
Try if you can get rid of the password by resetting the PRAM: support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
– Donarsson
Jan 26 '15 at 15:51
Try if you can get rid of the password by resetting the PRAM: support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
– Donarsson
Jan 26 '15 at 15:51
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I just did this with an iBook G4 (PowerPC CPU) and did a whole blog post about it! You can install Ubuntu via USB, but it requires some tricky hackery. You can read the whole post here, but I'll provide the basic steps in this answer.
Download the correct ISO & make a bootable USB stick however you want.
Stick the USB stick in the Mac & start the Mac up while holding Command + Option + O + F. This will boot the Mac into Open Firmware. Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release those keys.
Type
boot ud:,\:tbxiand the Mac should start booting from the USB.
From there, it's relatively smooth sailing, depending on your hardware. If you have any issues, comment on my answer and I'll do my best to help you!
If you're the more DIY person and want to figure out solutions on your own, read the PowerPCKnownIssues wiki page - it's a great help.
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type indev usb0, and then enterls. If you see something like/disk@1returned from thelscommand, comment back here.
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should beboot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
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On Openfirmware type dev / ls and take note of the path to usb disk. Then create an alias for it with devalias ud /ht@0,f2000000/pci@2/usb@b/disk@2 (use your path). Then boot as before.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
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I just did this with an iBook G4 (PowerPC CPU) and did a whole blog post about it! You can install Ubuntu via USB, but it requires some tricky hackery. You can read the whole post here, but I'll provide the basic steps in this answer.
Download the correct ISO & make a bootable USB stick however you want.
Stick the USB stick in the Mac & start the Mac up while holding Command + Option + O + F. This will boot the Mac into Open Firmware. Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release those keys.
Type
boot ud:,\:tbxiand the Mac should start booting from the USB.
From there, it's relatively smooth sailing, depending on your hardware. If you have any issues, comment on my answer and I'll do my best to help you!
If you're the more DIY person and want to figure out solutions on your own, read the PowerPCKnownIssues wiki page - it's a great help.
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type indev usb0, and then enterls. If you see something like/disk@1returned from thelscommand, comment back here.
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should beboot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
|
show 20 more comments
I just did this with an iBook G4 (PowerPC CPU) and did a whole blog post about it! You can install Ubuntu via USB, but it requires some tricky hackery. You can read the whole post here, but I'll provide the basic steps in this answer.
Download the correct ISO & make a bootable USB stick however you want.
Stick the USB stick in the Mac & start the Mac up while holding Command + Option + O + F. This will boot the Mac into Open Firmware. Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release those keys.
Type
boot ud:,\:tbxiand the Mac should start booting from the USB.
From there, it's relatively smooth sailing, depending on your hardware. If you have any issues, comment on my answer and I'll do my best to help you!
If you're the more DIY person and want to figure out solutions on your own, read the PowerPCKnownIssues wiki page - it's a great help.
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type indev usb0, and then enterls. If you see something like/disk@1returned from thelscommand, comment back here.
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should beboot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
|
show 20 more comments
I just did this with an iBook G4 (PowerPC CPU) and did a whole blog post about it! You can install Ubuntu via USB, but it requires some tricky hackery. You can read the whole post here, but I'll provide the basic steps in this answer.
Download the correct ISO & make a bootable USB stick however you want.
Stick the USB stick in the Mac & start the Mac up while holding Command + Option + O + F. This will boot the Mac into Open Firmware. Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release those keys.
Type
boot ud:,\:tbxiand the Mac should start booting from the USB.
From there, it's relatively smooth sailing, depending on your hardware. If you have any issues, comment on my answer and I'll do my best to help you!
If you're the more DIY person and want to figure out solutions on your own, read the PowerPCKnownIssues wiki page - it's a great help.
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
I just did this with an iBook G4 (PowerPC CPU) and did a whole blog post about it! You can install Ubuntu via USB, but it requires some tricky hackery. You can read the whole post here, but I'll provide the basic steps in this answer.
Download the correct ISO & make a bootable USB stick however you want.
Stick the USB stick in the Mac & start the Mac up while holding Command + Option + O + F. This will boot the Mac into Open Firmware. Once you see the screen go white with some text on it, you can release those keys.
Type
boot ud:,\:tbxiand the Mac should start booting from the USB.
From there, it's relatively smooth sailing, depending on your hardware. If you have any issues, comment on my answer and I'll do my best to help you!
If you're the more DIY person and want to figure out solutions on your own, read the PowerPCKnownIssues wiki page - it's a great help.
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
edited Jan 26 '15 at 17:21
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
answered Jan 26 '15 at 15:34
RPiAwesomenessRPiAwesomeness
6,466195997
6,466195997
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type indev usb0, and then enterls. If you see something like/disk@1returned from thelscommand, comment back here.
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should beboot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
|
show 20 more comments
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type indev usb0, and then enterls. If you see something like/disk@1returned from thelscommand, comment back here.
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should beboot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D
– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
Very cool! I did as you suggested, the only problem was it just booted up normally. So no booting from USB yet. I'm at least happy to see some reaction from the computer. I'm fairly sure I typed it in correctly, is there be anything else I can do?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 16:42
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type in
dev usb0, and then enter ls. If you see something like /disk@1 returned from the ls command, comment back here.– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
@EliasAndrason Yeah. Shut down & boot into Open Firmware again. This time, type in
dev usb0, and then enter ls. If you see something like /disk@1 returned from the ls command, comment back here.– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 16:46
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
Ran into another snag. After "dev usb0" I'm asked to enter the password. I appreciate your quick replies! Anything I can do now? Also, I noticed you said "boot ud:,\:tbxi" on your blog, and a slightly different version here. Is that significant?
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:12
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should be
boot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
@EliasAndrason I'm sorry, it should be
boot ud:,\:tbxi, I mis-typed. Try that (with two back-slashes.) Open Firmware commands are so cryptic :D– RPiAwesomeness
Jan 26 '15 at 17:20
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
Tried twice with the corrected code, same deal. It flashes a screen with text but only for a fraction of a second so I can't make out the message.
– Elias Andrason
Jan 26 '15 at 17:23
|
show 20 more comments
On Openfirmware type dev / ls and take note of the path to usb disk. Then create an alias for it with devalias ud /ht@0,f2000000/pci@2/usb@b/disk@2 (use your path). Then boot as before.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
ElioElio
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On Openfirmware type dev / ls and take note of the path to usb disk. Then create an alias for it with devalias ud /ht@0,f2000000/pci@2/usb@b/disk@2 (use your path). Then boot as before.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
ElioElio
1
add a comment |
On Openfirmware type dev / ls and take note of the path to usb disk. Then create an alias for it with devalias ud /ht@0,f2000000/pci@2/usb@b/disk@2 (use your path). Then boot as before.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
ElioElio
1
On Openfirmware type dev / ls and take note of the path to usb disk. Then create an alias for it with devalias ud /ht@0,f2000000/pci@2/usb@b/disk@2 (use your path). Then boot as before.
answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
ElioElio
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answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
ElioElio
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answered Nov 30 '17 at 19:10
ElioElio
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