macman0512
Active member
Hi guys,
I have this Powermac G5 sitting around that I want to make a bit more useful. Currently it is running 10.3.9, but I want to either install 10.5.8 or linux. Now here's the issue: I don't have easy access to dvds and none of the USB thumbdrives I own seem to work with OpenFirmware (they show up in Mac OS X just fine, but not in OpenFirmware when I enter the devalias command). Since I know that these Powermac G5s can boot from network I was wondering how I would set up a server to boot from. I need to do this from my windows laptop as this is the only other computer I have easy access to. Can anybody help me out?
Many thanks in advance,
Macman0512
I have this Powermac G5 sitting around that I want to make a bit more useful. Currently it is running 10.3.9, but I want to either install 10.5.8 or linux. Now here's the issue: I don't have easy access to dvds and none of the USB thumbdrives I own seem to work with OpenFirmware (they show up in Mac OS X just fine, but not in OpenFirmware when I enter the devalias command). Since I know that these Powermac G5s can boot from network I was wondering how I would set up a server to boot from. I need to do this from my windows laptop as this is the only other computer I have easy access to. Can anybody help me out?
Many thanks in advance,
Macman0512