![]() ![]() Of course, there will be some limitations. For Virtualbox, you would just have to create a virtual disk file from a scratch installation of Windows. Virtualbox, to my knowledge, does not offer this feature. Or if you are willing to pay for Parallels (or VMWare Fusion), you could import in your Bootcamp setup into a virtual disk file and then nuke the Bootcamp setup. Why not run Windows 7 in VirtualBox under Mac OS? I'll let you know how that turns out.If you delete your Bootcamp partition, presumably you will have a Windows license freed up. Although I couldn't get it installed with the Live CD, I'm sure the Alternate CD will work for me but I haven't tried that yet (planning on dual booting Ubuntu and OS X). This pattern repeats throughout the Live CD. Apparently, the thermal control kernel module for the CPU doesn't work as nicely as in OS X, so it turns the fans full on for a certain amount of time until the temp reaches a certain level and then the fans cut off. I've even installed Debian GNU/Linux on an older Motorola StarMax 4000 PowerPC Mac clone which was given to me for free a couple of years ago and it ran great as a dual boot setup with Mac OS 9.1.Īs for the G5 CPU, I noticed the same thing on my iMac G5 when I tried using the Live CD install. I've been working with Linux on both x86 and PowerPC for more than 6 years now. Mind you, I had to use the Alternate CD install (which is basically what previous versions of Ubuntu used as the main installer instead of the live disc) in order to get a fully functional install of Ubuntu, but it functions just as nice if not better than OS X on that same Mac. I've installed Ubuntu 6.06 on an older G3 iMac and it's running great. It's a bummer I can't try out another Linux distro just for fun.Īnyone else had any strange experiences like this running Linux on a multiprocessor Power Mac G5? I know that cooling issues resulted in the fans revving up on earlier distributions, but I thought that by now they would have been resolved. I used Linux PowerPC 2000 on my Power Mac G3 years ago and was rather pleased with it, everything ran rather well. I had to shut it down for fear of damaging my baby. Luckily the air exiting out the back was cold. ![]() I opened the side case to examine how much air was moving through the system, it was both impressive and alarming. I've never stretched her legs like that before. I didn't have time to explore Ubuntu since I was concerned that the cooling fans were spinning (roaring) so hard. I was rather surprised that once it was up and running the entire cooling system (all 9 fans) were blasting away full speed. I downloaded the latest DVD.iso, version 6.06, burned a LIVE DVD, and booted it on my duelie Power Mac G5. A few weeks ago I read on that a few hard core Mac OS X Slashdot geeks were ditching Mac OS X in favor of Ubuntu Linux. ![]()
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