Suitability of Beige Desktop G3 for YDL

[Rob Brandt]

Thanks David & Zen;

But how fast?  As a web server?  Do you have a site you can direct me 
to that is running on the G3?  Also, how much RAM is installed?

Rob



>I am running YDL 2.1 on a beige G3 and it works great.
>
>David McInnis
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>[mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
>Of Zenzele Bell
>Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:16 PM
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>Subject: Re: Suitability of Beige Desktop G3 for YDL
>
>>  Are there any 'gotchas' with this box?  What
>>  bootloader do I use?
>>  I'm only connected to the net at 256k (DSL) and it
>>  looks to me like
>>  my *current* limitations speed-wise is the 6116CD;
>>  if I upgraded to
>>  the G3 would the bottleneck shift to my net
>>  connection (that would be
>>  a *good* thing)?
>
>
>i'm a newbie to Linux and YDL, but it was recommended
>to me by a friend who has been running a couple of
>web/email servers with YDL.  as far as i know, the
>beige G3 can definitely be used as a server.
>
>i have YDL on my beige G3/233.  i just upgraded (well,
>wiped my hard drive and did a fresh install) from 2.1
>to 2.1, using bootx.  the only problem i ran into
>(which no one responded to - thanks guys!), was when i
>ran the bootx installer - I got a strange message that
>it could not find a file that it was searching for,
>and did i want to run the installer again?  i ran it
>again, got the same message, got frustrated and
>ignored it, copied the ramdisk-x11.image.tgz into the
>System folder, rebooted, and was able to proceed with
>the installation.  works like a charm, so far.
>
>i eventually plan to use this as a web server, but
>i've become quite paranoid, after reading so much
>about security issues, so i'm just trying to make sure
>i cover all the bases before i put this thing online.
>any suggestions would be very helpful.
>
>hope this helps,
>zen
>
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