Well, I have an old G3 now as a gift from a friend for helping him move. I was anticipating putting Linux on it and networking with my Windows box, but it turns out it still has Mac OS 9.2 installed. Now I'm thinking my best bet may be to install Linux like I did before, on the slave hard drive on the Windows machine, and set up one network between XP and Mac, and then another network between Linux and Mac. One of the main reasons I removed Linux was the inability to transfer files, and this would seem to rectify that.
Would this be the best way? I could alternately make a new partition on the Mac hard drive and put Linux there, or wipe it and make it totally Linux. I might end up having to do this if my friend can't tell me a password for root access on the G3 (the school where he teaches was getting rid of it).
So I have a couple of questions I was hoping you more experienced systems guys might answer: a) Is this in fact the best setup? A network from XP with Mac, and one from Linux to Mac? (I would like to gain experience with all three, but if OS 9.2 isn't worth the trouble I could wipe it.) Also, the Windows machine is 2 GHz, and I have no idea how slow the G3 is, definitely much slower.
b) Will it work okay to run -noaudio on a client and -nogui on the host? As of now I only have one keyboard/mouse/monitor, so I'm guessing these will have to be connected to the GUI and the speakers with the audio... I don't mind switching peripherals to get the thing up and running each time. Maybe the G3 should be the client. Or if necessary I could scour ebay for Mac peripherals.
c) Can I buy you a beer next time you're in Philly?
Thanks. Chuckk