iMac G5 install on external HDD

tom_anna · n00b Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 4

Hi everyone,
Is it possible to install gentoo for ppc64 onto an external firewire connected HDD, connected to my 17" iMac G5. I have a 320gig firewire/usb2 hdd and i want to trial gentoo and fc4 and yellow dog from this drive. Leaving my OSX 10.4.2 installed os on my internal drive as it is.

I've been using the firewire cable, because, aparently, it allows my iMac G5 to boot other os's from the external drive.

Thanks for any help.
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New iMac 17" G5 w/SuperDrive 1.5gig ram ext 320 Gig HDD Tiger 10.4.2 connected to small 100m/s ethernet 8 port hub all other PC's are AMD based mobo's.
iMac is our first "new" Mac since 1980.

Maedhros · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:56 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Gentoo on PPC.
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silian87 · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject:

Is difficult but possibile.... there Is an italian tutorial.... you have to create an initrd and doing some things...
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Little Nemo · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:32 am Post subject:

I recently posted a mini-howto on this topic here. It's far from perfect, but at least it worked for me (and others, apparently).