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Yaboot is a boot loader for "new world" Macs (and others that use OpenFirmware as well).

Yaboot is an OpenFirmware bootloader for Open Firmware based machines. It is known to work on "NewWorld" class PowerMacs (iMac and all machines released after it), RS/6000, and possibly other OF based CHRP machines. "OldWorld" PowerMacs (with the built-in MacOS ROM) are not supported.

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Installing ubuntu with yaboot

I've just got a old used macbook g4 that as only debian installed in it and I wanted to install ubuntu,but I've no idea of how to use yaboot to install ubuntu,can anyone help?
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How to boot without monitor with 12.04 on a PowerPC (yaboot)

So I just successfully installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my retired PowerMac G5. Everything is working great, but I would like to run this computer headless and use either SSH or VNC to control it. It appears that Ubuntu or Yaboot refuses to boot…
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How do I restore the yaboot bootloader screen after OS X install?

I had to reinstall OS X Tiger to the first partition, but reinstalling it modified my boot loader and I no longer had access to the yaboot choice menu.
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Trouble installing Ubuntu 12.04 on Mac PowerPC G5

Disclaimer: I know very little about doing anything on a computer other than regular updates and downloading music software. This is my first OS replacement, so I may be a little frustrating to some. I'm very new to Ubuntu and not entirely sure if…
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What's the difference between install-powerpc and install-free-powerpc? "install-free"?

I'm not sure which one to type in, and I can't find any info online that explains the difference. I'm afraid the difference may be very important. I noticed there's also "install" and "install-free", so I'm also not able to find what the difference…
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Lubuntu 12.10 PPC-Can't Login after install

I installed Lubuntu 12.10 PPC alt. Install on my ibook g4, yaboot failed to install so I used the advice given in the PPC FAQ, "I've lost yaboot what can I do, and I was able to boot to a black screen with and move the arrow but that's all, when…
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