I asked the same questions a few days ago.  I won't try the installs until

I install a  30 GB hard drive into the new ibook first(should get HD in a
couple of days)  This is my first mac.  Another question I had,  how will
linux/BSD control things such as volume and ejecting CD?  I think the
buttons are built into the OS and not the laptop itself.  I know on  my
Pentium 150
laptop with OpenBSD, I can control the color, battery, etc because it is
built into the laptop, but I think it is built into software on ibook 500
mhz because OSX has problems ejectign the CDROM many times, but 9.1 uses
eject button okay.  Also, the eject buton isn't really a button, it is the
F12 key.  Volume up is F7, etc.


"Edouard G. Parmelan" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I will enter "PowerPC side of the Force" in two weeks, and I will
> install Mac OS X, NetBSD and GNU/Linux on an iBook G3/500.
>
> I read various docs but I have few questions.
>
> - Is someone already install NetBSD or GNU/Linux on an iBook G3/500 ?
>
> - which NetBSD and/or GNU/Linux filesystems Mac OS X support ?
>
> - can NetBSD and/or GNU/Linux access to Mac OS X filesystem ?
>
> - can NetBSD use an ext2fs partition as / ?
>
> - can GNU/Linux access to NetBSD FFS partition ?
>
> - can NetBSD use the same swap partition that GNU/Linux ?
>
> - GNU/Linux seem to need/require yaboot.  Can yaboot start NetBSD ?
>
> - I have read that there is a Darwing version of BootX (that use Open
>   Firmare).  Can this version start NetBSD, GNU/Linux and Mac OS X ?
>
> [Debian]:  Should I use Potato r3 or Woody ?  If the answer is woody, is
> there CD images somewhere ?
>
> [NetBSD]:  How I can burn my own NetBSD-1.5.1_BETA2 CD ?  A simple rsync
> of last snapshot or there are some magic features elsewhere ?
>
> Which is the installation order ?  I have read that Mac OS X should be
> install first, is it mandatory ?  And after, is NetBSD or Debian have
> the same requirement ?
>
> Thanks for your answers.
> --
> Edouard G. Parmelan
> http://egp.free.fr