YDL FAQ for Old world Macs

[Norberto Quintanar]

As an owner of OW macs - 6500/250, G3/266 and one of the contributing
editors of the YDL FAQ - I've attempted a YDL 4.0 install on them to
write an FAQ.  IMO, too much work to get up and running.  Admittedly,
I only gave it an afternoon.  I know it's been done by some people
and the procedure is out there on the 'net.  There are a lot of
variables that can go wrong.  I believe the difficulty is the reason
terrasoft pulled support for OW macs.  
Here is a link to an archived email that was posted on the
difficulties on installing 4.0.  Again, I know it can be done.  IMO
YDL 3.0 installs a lot easier and doesn't take a whole day to
accomplish.

<http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2004-December/016789.html>
 
--- Geert Janssens <geert.janssens3 at pandora.be> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here's a suggestion for the YDL Faq at sharplabs:
> YDL doesn't officially support Old World macs anymore. This does't
> mean YDL 
> can't be installed, but if you try it, you're on your own.
> 
> I could imagine, someone at the point of trying it, would like as
> much 
> information on the topic as possible. So maybe, such a topic could
> be added 
> to the YDL faq, quite visible on the front page. This could be a
> central 
> place to cover all points where installing on OW differs from
> installing on 
> NW, like for example the inability to boot from CD's, the use of
> BootX,...
> 
> There are already some issues with OW Macs that are dealt with in
> the FAQ, so 
> maybe they could be referenced from this general topic page.
> 
> Another issue to add, would be that of bmac being a module with the
> latest 
> kernel.
> Solution: add
> alias eth0 bmac
> to the /etc/modprobe.conf file.
> This problem has popped up twice already in the last three days on
> this 
> mailing list.
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
> On a sidenote, my own OW mac died some two weeks ago. I temporarily
> 
> transplanted my linux identity including all data stored so far
> into a PC 
> running Mandrake 10.1. Quite a strong point for Linux as a multi
> platform, 
> hardware independent OS, IMHO.
> 
> There's no way to revive the poor old G3. Tried everything from
> changing RAM, 
> starting form MacOS BootDisk, even replacing the boot ROM, zapping
> the PRAM 
> and any combination of these. I always get a bus error before the
> OS fully 
> loads. I believe 8 years of service (and that means heavy duty in
> this camp), 
> has put it over the top. But I consider dying of age to be a
> wonderful end 
> for a computer. Much better than being dumped :-)
> I ordered a Mac Mini as a replacement the very same day. So as soon
> as it 
> arrives, I'll be a happy YDL'er again (at least, if YDL installs
> already on 
> it).
> 
> All this also means though, I'm no longer able to test YDL on OW
> macs, as I 
> don't own one anymore. I'll leave that part to other experienced OW
> mac users 
> in the future.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Geert Jan
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