Best Mac for Yellow Dog?

[Jason Warm]

I am running YDL on a 266 Wallstreet and I have no complaints.  
Everything seems to work great!  I only wish I could put it on my 
Performa 5215CD.  I mean right now I only have 64 of RAM in that 
Powerbook and YDL still gets the job done!  If the GUI was as smooth as 
OS X I would even replace Panther on my Beige G3 with it.  I mean I am 
pretty much a Linux newbie and still feeling my way around things.  I 
have had a bit of experience with Linux on x86 hardware and NEVER once 
got everything working 100%, forget about doing it on a laptop.  Once I 
figured out that the Wallstreet was NOT a New World Mac and loaded up 
BootX, have not had 1 single issue!

Jason

On May 24, 2004, at 7:12 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Macaranasnake and Mark:
>
> Thanks for the comments. They were *exactly* what I needed to know!
>
> mascarasnake wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Excellent -- it sounds like that is the way for me to go, then. Gee, 
> the 7500 cost me $250 four years ago, but I never put it to good use. 
> YDL will be a fine way for me to make good on my investment.
>
>> If you have the 7500, YDL runs quite nicely. If it were me,
>> however, I'd put a larger drive in it.
>
> I have two external 2-GB SCSI drives. Unfortunately, they are as slow 
> as molasses. I have *several* 250-500 MB internal drives kicking 
> around, but those are almost useless these days. Hmmm... I was 
> thinking of replacing the 25-GB currently in the Wallstreet with its 
> original 2 GB drive, since my starving artist friend has no need for 
> the 25 GB of storage. Maybe I can pop the 25-GB drive into the 7500. I 
> will have to look into that possibility (does the 7500 accept ATA 
> drives?).
>
>
> Mark Pubols wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Another vote of confidence!
>
>> 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.
>
> Yes, drive space is my biggest concern. I recall that once I installed 
> MKLinux on the 7500 using one of the external 2-GB drives (I got the 
> command line, but could never start X). That wasn't too crowded. If I 
> am selective, I might be able to get a workstation install going -- or 
> bite the bullet and purchase a 4-GB drive on eBay. I wish I could 
> remember how much RAM I have on the 7500....
>
>> That leaves very little for the files although I'll probably add an
>> external HDD to give me a little more storage.
>
> A good idea. I will try to follow suit.
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
>
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> DOT net>
>
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