Mac Mini and Ubuntu

[Sammyinnit]

Hi,

I recently got myself a cheap second hand mac mini, only for watching movies on my TV, but the Mac OSX was pretty crap (10.3) and I can't upgrade to 10.5 because I only have a HD image, and I cant wipe the HD without the origional MacMini CD, which I don't have.

So I was just going to install Ubuntu onto it. I can't boot into OSX, no idea whats wrong.

Is there a way to boot into ubuntu setup from CD?

[will1982]

Yes, insert the CD and hold "option" on your keyboard.

tested on mid-2011 Macbook air, but it should work.

[Lars Noodén]

Usually holding down the 'c' key while it starts up should do the job. Were you able to get a PPC mini?

[Sammyinnit]

It is a PPC G4 Mac Mini.

And what a pain I'm having with it.

I have a wireless logitech keyboard, so I am struggling to get into any boot options/boot from CD with that keyboard on a cold boot.

This is something I posted on a mac forum describing the problem.

Thats my problem atm. I have the PPC latest release on CD. Burnt the ISO direct to disc, but I can't get it to boot.

I'm using a logitech wireless keyboard and dont have a wired USB keyboard to hand. Not sure what to press to have it cold boot from CD?

Would a Live CD respond differently?

Also - Problems with OSX now, since I've put the CD in all I get is rapid flashing white text on black background along the lines of:

lyld: -sh can't open library: /usr/lib/libcurses.5.4.dylib - Some error text and:
init:single user shell terminated, restarting

Just hangs on that

[Lars Noodén]

I think you might need to have a wired keyboard for this, at least at the start.

[Sammyinnit]

I think you might need to have a wired keyboard for this, at least at the start.

My brother is being a pal, and bringing a wired USB keyboard down to me shortly. It's not a mac keyboard tho, should this effect it?