YDL on Pismo..

[Denise and Anthony]

    Just FYI; I have not one but two Pismos; one runs YDL 3.0, the other 
OSX.  Both work great.
Video acceleration is working fine; so is power management, i.e. sleep 
function; I haven't tried pcmcia, airport,
video out, or modem; I don't have any use for these things - but I'll be 
looking at configuring the wireless in the
near future.  DVD works on OSX, I haven't bothered configuring it on 
YDL; cd burning works on both.

thx
    anthony

Clinton MacDonald wrote:

>Mr. (Ms?) Bondster:
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>bondtrails <bondtrails AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:
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>>now that I bought a brand spankin' new Powerbook
>>G4,
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>Congratulations!
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>>I need to do something with my old--but very
>>trusty--Pismo.
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>There are many who believe the Pismo was the apex of
>Apple PowerBooks. You can, for instance, run Mac OS X
>10.3 passably well on it.
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>>I have looked at Linux and think I want to give
>>YDL a shot. Does the current version of YDL run
>>on Pismo?
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>Yes, Yellow Dog Linux should run quite well on the
>Pismo -- also known as the "PowerBook G3 (Firewire)."
>And, good choice on looking at YDL as an alternative
>operating system!
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>>And is there support for video acceleration (8
>>meg ATI), support for Airport, video out, PCMCIA
>>cards, sleep function, modem, and DVD/CDR-W?
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>The answer to each of these questions is "Yes," based
>on the following Web page (about two-thirds down):
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><http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/breakdown/index.php?hw_cat_id=4>
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>The Yellow Dog Linux Web site has a great search
>feature (powered by Google) built into each page (look
>at the top). As questions occur, you might try hunting
>there for a quick answer.
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>When you are ready to install YDL on your Pismo, be
>sure to read carefully:
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><http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/installation/>
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>and download, read, and follow these instructions:
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><http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/installation/ydl3.0_guide-single.pdf>
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>Most people who have problems installing YDL have
>neglected to read these pages.
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>>Also, does anyone know if YDL will work on my
>>Pismo if I upgrade the cpu from the stock 500Mhz
>>G3 to a 900 Mhz G3? (or 550Mhz G4?)
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>Probably yes, though YDL will work well on the
>unaccelerated Pismo at 500 MHz. One reason folks
>choose Yellow Dog Linux (or any Linux distribution) is
>to breathe new life into older hardware (if I were
>going to upgrade the processor on a Pismo, I would be
>tempted to stay with Mac OS X).
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>Good luck!
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>Best wishes,
>Clint
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