It should be something like /dev/disk2s3. Look for the name of the USB flash drive, and remember what it’s called.In Terminal, find out the device ID for your USB Flash drive.Take note of what the filename is for your ISO image of Lubuntu 16.04.Heck, even if you aren’t comfortable, the job can be done. If you are comfortable with Terminal on your newer Mac, this is still pretty simple. Just burn the ISO to a blank DVD, insert it into your PowerBook or other PowerPC-based Mac, and press the “C” key while the computer boots up.
#OLD MAC POWERBOOK G4 INSTALL#
Because of this, I had to create USB install media.Īssuming you’re fortunate enough to be able to boot from a DVD, it’s really simple. My PowerBook G4 has a CD-R/W drive, though. If you have a DVD drive, you can simply burn the ISO image of Lubuntu 16.04 to a disk and start that way. What you need to get started depends on what type of optical drive you have in your G4- or G5-based PowerBook or Mac. Getting the Revival on for Your PowerPC Mac Running Linux
The beauty here is that PowerPC is still alive, well, and fairly well supported.
My current build is running Lubuntu, a lightweight flavor of Ubuntu.