[ydl-gen] Some YDL/Mac questions

[Matt Smith]

Relatively new to the Linux and Mac worlds, but I've been a C++ programmer
for 20 some odd years now, so hopefully I'll pick up things pretty quickly.

 

# uname -a

Linux mrsmith-ydl 2.6.22-0.ydl.rc4 #1 SMP Tue Jun 12 22:17:48 MDT 2007 ppc64
ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux

 

# more cpuinfo

processor       : 0

cpu             : PPC970, altivec supported

clock           : 2000.000000MHz

revision        : 2.2 (pvr 0039 0202)

 

processor       : 1

cpu             : PPC970, altivec supported

clock           : 2000.000000MHz

revision        : 2.2 (pvr 0039 0202)

 

This box is a G5.  It was one of the original Xbox 360 alpha development
kits, so as such the video card is custom ATI card for which there are no
Linux drivers for, so I have been running command line only.  The command
line only has been working ok for me, but it seems like with me not knowing
Linux inside and out, it might be nice to have the graphical interface for
wrapping more of the complex configuration functions.  As such, I have
finally gotten around to purchasing a real video card for this guy.  I'm
looking at the ATI Radeon 9200 Pro since I don't plan on using it for much
other than a central server for my home network.  If someone has another
suggestion for a cheaper video card (eBay brand would be nice), I'm all
ears.  I don't need performance, just support for the GUI interface.

 

So, the crux of my question is this: once I get my video card home, what are
the steps I need to perform to upgrade all of the drivers and install Gnome
or E17?  How do I get YDL to recognize and use the drivers for this video
card?  Do I somehow update the drivers first, the swap the card?  

 

Second, is there is any support for a RAID card?  I'd like to install 2 1TB
drives and mirror them as part of my central server.  

 

Thanks for any pointers you can give me.  I'm not used to the one asking the
questions, so please be gentle.  ;)

 

- Matt

 

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