On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 4:29 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: > Hello there, > > > complete off-topic, sorry about this, but my former idea was to install > a CentOS on an old mac mini (PPC!). Disappointed to see that PowerPC is > not a supported architecture and that non ARM or Intel architecture are > not managed by recent distros.. :-(. > Yeah, PPC - your options are limited. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?ostype=All&category=All&origin=All&basedon=All¬basedon=None&desktop=All&architecture=powerpc&package=All&rolling=All&status=Active A number of years back I saved an XServe G4 from the trash and kept it until the fans drove me crazy! ;-) I used Finnix [http://www.finnix.org/] as a LiveCD/rescue environment. I believe I installed Debian on it at the time and can't recall any problems with bootloader installation. For me PPC wasn't worth the hassle (or the XServe noise!). > > Searching the web, I see very few possibilities to install a recent (I > need gnome2) GNU/Linux distro on such hardware. I gave Linux MintPPC 11 > (http://www.mintppc.org/content/list-macs) a try, but the netinstall > iso simply fails in installing a boot loader that conserves the > original OS/X partition even after many tries and workarounds. > > Any hint or experience would be welcome? > Might try Debian (even the netinstall as well) just to see if it will install successfully? > > > Regards, > > -- > wwp > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //