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    Angry Installing Ubuntu Imac G5 PowerPC ARGh

    Here's what I've done so far:

    Made sure firmware isn't locked
    Reset Nvram
    Wiped HDD
    Installed Ubuntu Onto a disc and alternatively a USB
    Tried booting holding "C" (no boot mediums appear)
    Tried installing using Open Firmware (getting messages like"partition is not a number"... sooo.. don't know if I'm doing syntaxes wrong)

    Sources I've used :
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2149682
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/96928...-open-firmware
    http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl...h05s01.html.en


    I've spent about 5 hours trying to get this thing to work.

    Maybe I'm not doing or typing something correctly. Please let me know. Sigh.

    -Michael

    EDIT:
    I've seen people installing different operating systems onto this model of computer with just the boot options prompt. Why would they be able to easily install from a different medium?
    Last edited by michael258; February 5th, 2015 at 07:19 PM.

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