Subject: Re: ELF ?
From: leif (lhs@russisk.no)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 12:30:07 MDT
Bill Fink wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Samuel Rydh wrote:
> This is getting off topic for the MOL list, but I actually think the
> YDL distro is one of the best for PPC Linux.
'On of' -- as if there were many ;-) It is at least the only one that
features OpenOffice.
> I'm looking forward to
> trying out YDL 2.0. Unfortunately I was one of the unlucky ones who
> got bit by a bad Install CD, so I'll have to wait until I get a
> replacement. As far as expectations, anything as complex as a PPC
> Linux distro that needs to run on a huge variety of system types,
> monitor types, and other various hardware peripherals, is bound to
> have some bugs, but the YDL folks are generally pretty good at working
> these things out.
I myself has posponed my trying out of LINUX until I get YDL 2.0. But
then I really shall go for it!
>>Actually, this is a new feature. It is no longer necessary
>>to strip the ROM since (MOL no longer uses with libelf,
>>which expected the ELF header att offset 0). This holds
>>for 0.9.59 (the version bundled with YDL 2.0).
>>
>
> Cool!
yep
>>Moreover, the rsync version can load the ROM directly from the
>>HFS/HFS+ partition (there is a new '-boot' flag which
>>can be used to tell MOL which disk to startup from).
>>
>
> Even cooler!
yep yep
leif
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