I have also been running Mac OS 9.x on the Macs I have been trying this with, and so cannot comment on whether the below works for earlier releases of Mac OS. Although there are Linux installs available for 68K Macs, I tend to think that performance would be an issue on such lower power machines, and have not investigated this particular avenue.
Drivers for an old mac g3 to see a usb card how to#
This blog post is about how to overcome this annoying behavior and get a Linux CD up and running on your Old World Mac.īTW, my efforts in this area have been focused on PowerPC based Macs. With some frustration, you will watch Mac OS start to boot up, completely ignoring the CD that you wanted the Mac to actually boot from. Hence, following the above prescription with a Linux CD won’t normally get you anywhere. Old World Macs seem to lack the flexibility to boot non Apple media, for reasons I have not fully investigated. In theory, booting a Linux CD shouldn’t be that much different, but in practice it is. To do this you simply insert the CD and then restart your Mac while holding down the “c” key on the keyboard. OK, now that we know what an Old World Mac is, let’s return to the topic of booting that Old World Mac from its CD drive. Macs with Open Firmware are considered New World Macs. Starting with the beige G3s, Apple changed the onboard firmware to Open Firmware.
If your PowerPC Mac has a numeric model number it is an Old World Mac. If your Mac is 68K based, it is an Old World Mac. What is an “Old World Mac” you ask? Old World Macs are typically all Macs that preceded the beige G3 line.
As a general rule, booting your Old World Mac from a CD is a simple matter.
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