Best Mac for Yellow Dog?

[Mark Pubols]

Hey guys,

I'm running YDL 3.01 on a 7600/132 and it works great. The machine handles
everything I ask of it quite well...better than I expected in fact. I'm also
running it on a G3 DT and  G3 Tower and both of those work great as well.
Just be sure to get a 4 GB drive for it if you can although my 7600 runs
only a 2.5 for the YDL with a workstation installation. That leaves very
little for the files although I'll probably add an external HDD to give me a
little more storage.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mascarasnake" <dontdrill@earthlink.net>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Best Mac for Yellow Dog?


> Dr. Clint,
>
> Coincidentally, my YDL box is a 7500 with a 604e 200MHz processor. Runs
> perfectly well. It does occasionally forget the soundcard on boot, but
> that can be fixed by the modprobe thingy. The B&W G3 is, indeed, flaky.
> I did get YDL installed once when I first got mine ($200 on ebay -
> wahoo!). After that, I reformatted and organized my drives and
> partitions the way I wanted and had 2 failed attempts to install - then
> forgot about it. I plan to go back someday and try again, tho.
> By the by, Panther runs pretty spiffy on my G3 - not bazing, but spiffy.
>
> If you have the 7500, YDL runs quite nicely. If it were me, however,
> I'd put a larger drive in it.
>
>
> g'luck
>
> ----------
>
> It's what you make it man
> Takes time
> A little bit
> A little bit more
>
> -The Minutemen
>
> dontdrill@earthlink.net
> mascarasnake@mac.com
> On May 24, 2004, at 5:19 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:
>
> > Friends:
> >
> > I am thinking of selling my Wallstreet PowerBook that runs YDL 3 (to
> > fund a new 12 inch PowerBook -- I can hardly wait). However, I still
> > want to keep current with Yellow Dog Linux. Would an old PowerMac 7500
> > (200 MHz 604 processor) be sufficient to run Yellow Dog 3.0?
> >
> > I have an old Power Mac 7500 with a 200 MHz 604 chip. If I upgrade the
> > hard drive to 2 GB or more, will that run YDL bearably well? Does
> > anyone have experience with this or a similar Mac with YDL?
> >
> > Should I look at something newer? Beige G3s are mentioned often on
> > this list and can be had for next to nothing these days. Blue and
> > White G3 towers are also reasonable. However, does seeing them
> > mentioned on this list mean that they are problematic machines? What
> > do you think?
> >
> > <aside>
> >
> > I bought the Wallstreet as a "writer's machine" because of its
> > incredible battery life (6-7 hours with two batteries), great
> > keyboard, and the ability to add different peripherals to its drive
> > bay. I also wanted to dual boot into YDL so that I could learn about
> > Linux.
> >
> > However, the Wallstreet never lived up to my expectations. First off,
> > it's *HEAVY*, weighing in at almost 8 lbs. Mac OS 9 ran well on it,
> > but OS X was a dog. It also never ran YDL optimally: sleep and resume
> > were always flaky (I generally had to restart several services after
> > sleep), and a second battery or a Zip drive in the drive bay would
> > result in a kernel panic after a short while. Not a great Yellow Dog
> > experience.
> >
> > The Wallstreet, batteries and drive bay goodies will go to a good
> > home. A starving artist acquaintance of mine wants to upgrade from his
> > PowerBook 145 (ca. 1992!), and the Wallstreet would allow him to keep
> > all his SCSI peripherals. I will give him a good deal (perhaps I can
> > barter for some artwork...).
> >
> > I am hoping that the 12 inch PowerBook is my mythical "perfect
> > writer's machine" (Euan Maxwell from this list has given it a thumbs
> > up review). I don't think that YDL is supported yet on the new 12 inch
> > PowerBooks, but that is fine with me -- Mac OS X will scream on that
> > machine.
> >
> > </aside>
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Clint
> >
> > -- 
> > Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal
> > DOT net>
> >
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