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Operating System Specific Discussions => MorphOS => MorphOS -- Hardware requirements and availability discussion => Topic started by: thaddaeus on July 04, 2013, 02:19:51 AM

Title: Morph os questions
Post by: thaddaeus on July 04, 2013, 02:19:51 AM
now that i bought an i mac my G4 laptop is ready to turn into a Morph machine.
first does morph co exist with the mac os x ? can i boot in either os or do i have to dedicate the powerbook to morph.
second does morph support wifi thru the airport card , i use my cell phones wifi hotspot as an internet connection
third does anyone know of a way to plug in an amiga floppy drive to to the powerbook i have a LOT of old discs id like to copy over

Thanx very much hopefully this info wasnt covered elsewhere and i didnt see it

wow i havent been to this site since 6/6/09 glad to see yall guys are still here!!
Title: Re: Morph os questions
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on July 04, 2013, 02:27:13 AM
I'm pretty sure you can use the GRUB boot loader in dual boot.
Someone else will be able to confirm it.
Title: Re: Morph os questions
Post by: nicholas on July 04, 2013, 02:47:25 AM
Quote from: thaddaeus;739779
now that i bought an i mac my G4 laptop is ready to turn into a Morph machine.
first does morph co exist with the mac os x ? can i boot in either os or do i have to dedicate the powerbook to morph.

http://dreamolers.binaryriot.org/dualboot.pdf

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second does morph support wifi thru the airport card , i use my cell phones wifi hotspot as an internet connection
You need to buy an Atheros 5xxx chipset based PCCard for WiFi.  Or you can use a Ethernet to WiFi bridge.  Either one will cost you about £10 on ebay.

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third does anyone know of a way to plug in an amiga floppy drive to to the powerbook i have a LOT of old discs id like to copy over
http://www.kryoflux.com/
Title: Re: Morph os questions
Post by: thaddaeus on July 04, 2013, 03:10:27 AM
Thanx a lot Guys!!
i found in the library section of the morph page an article on dual booting osxmac and morph os also
Title: Re: Morph os questions
Post by: Templario on July 07, 2013, 08:41:42 PM
Quote from: thaddaeus;739785
Thanx a lot Guys!!
i found in the library section of the morph page an article on dual booting osxmac and morph os also


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