Yellowdog Linux vs. Power Mac G4/G5

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

No NuBus machines ever shipped with a 7400 processor (the first G4). For
some reason the everymac website doesn't list model names. According to the
apple-history website:
http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=g4giga
The model name is "Power Macintosh G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)" and I know for a
fact that it can run 2.3; however, the multiprocessing kernel will not be
installed by default -- you will have to do it manually.
-- 
"No gnu's is good gnu's."   --Gary Gnu, "The Great Space Coaster"


> From: bruce woller <brucewoller@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.yellowdog.general
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:49:27 -0600
> Subject: Re: Yellowdog Linux vs. Power Mac G4/G5
> 
> Yes.  I successfully ran YDL 2.3 on a 800MHz DP Quick Silver (with SMP
> enabled), dual IDE 80G disks (not SCSI but it should also work).  I
> question the 7400 denomination - weren't those NuBus machines?
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce
> On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:05 PM, BIl Grove wrote:
> 
>> thanks for the advice.  I will try again.
>> 
>> will Yellow Dog Linux 2.3 run on a Power Mac 7400 (G4) 450MHz Dual
>> Processor, year 2000.  This
>> mac is described completely on everymac.com at
>> 
>> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/
>> powermac_g4_450_dp.html
>> 
>> I do not own this machine yet, but I need to make sure it will run
>> YDL 2.3
>> 
>> 
>> At 01:42 PM 9/9/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>> 
>> Apple model numbers are undecipherable to most of us. To get a
>> meaningful
>> answer, please supply the Model Name as reported by Apple System
>> Profiler.
>> AFAIK, 4.0 will support all G4 machines, and 2.3 supported most, if
>> not all,
>> "desktop towers."
>> --
>> "No gnu's is good gnu's."   --Gary Gnu, "The Great Space Coaster"
>> 
>> 
>>> From: BIl Grove <Grove@Assurtech.com>
>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.yellowdog.general
>>> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:03:39 -0400
>>> Subject: Yellowdog Linux vs. Power Mac G4/G5
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to find a list of Power Mac G4  that supports yellowdog
>> 2.3.
>>> Similarly a list that supports yellowdog 4.0. Specifically will
>> yellowdog 2.3
>>> run on a Power Mac G4 model M5183 (desktop tower).
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> 
>>> Bill Grove
>>> Senior Software Engineer
>>> Assurance Technology Corporation
>>> 84 South Street
>>> Carlisle, MA  01741
>>> 
>>> phone: (978)369-8848 x213
>>> fax:    (978)369-3368
>>> 
>>> grove@assurtech.com
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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>> Bill Grove
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> Assurance Technology Corporation
>> 84 South Street
>> Carlisle, MA  01741
>> 
>> phone: (978)369-8848 x213
>> fax:    (978)369-3368
>> 
>> grove@assurtech.com
>> 
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