I have a Mac powerbook 5300 which I would like to put Linux on. I have read up a little bit, and have found that only the Mklinux distribution runs on it due to its non-PCI archietecture. (it is a NuBus based machine). Up until now, I have been using it with MacOS as an MP3 kiosk for my stereo - but tonight when I tried to boot it, it flashes a ? floppy icon right after the smiling computer icon and does not boot. Various Mac enthusiests that I know have previously suggested that I try re-installing the OS, to fix a cronic lockup problem. My guess is whatever was causing the lockups finally got bad enough to prevent it from booting as well. So, since I need to reinstall anyway, I figure I might as well use Linux. Is anyone else familiar with Mklinux? This is my first installation on a non-intel machine. Do I need to get MacOS running again first, or can I directly install linux? Also, the machine does not have a CD-ROM drive, but I do have the external centronics 50 pin SCSI cable for it. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- What the president of the Motion Picture Association of America says about taking away your constitutional rights: "I'm rather jubilant now. What Judge Kaplan did was blow away every one of these brittle and fragile rebuttals. He threw out fair use; he threw out reverse engineering; he threw out linking." - Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ______ _ __ "If you don't have the freedom to use what you / ' ) ) own - then you do not own anything." / o ______ / / _ . . No apologies to Jack Valenti or the MPAA / <_/ / / < / (_</_(_/_ -- tneu at visi.com / http://www.visi.com/~tneu --