More Hardware questions
dfro
yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:48:33 -0800
Clint
Thanks for the advice. My computer is a 550 MHz Ti PowerBook G4 laptop
with a 20 gig hd. It has two USB 1.0 ports and one Firewire port.
Let me know any more thoughts you might have
Thanks
Dave
"Clinton C. MacDonald" wrote:
> > Since I can't afford to buy another computer at the moment, I think I
> > will get OS X and install it on my existing 20 gig hd. Any advice on
> > which version of X to get?
>
> Unfortunately, you have not given enough information for anyone to help
> you. Which Mac do you have? PowerMac, iMac, eMac, iBook, etc.? How fast
> a processor? You do say your hard drive is 20 GB, which is good. I
> assume that, if you have a Firewire drive, you have a more recent Mac,
> all of which are supported with Mac OS X 10.3.
My original letter was:
Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement. I found a linux users
group in my area that meets once a month. So I will start attending those
meetings.
Since I can't afford to buy another computer at the moment, I think I will
get OS X and install it on my existing 20 gig hd. Any advice on which
version of X to get? Does the latest version of a Mac or Windows OS's
always
create a bunch of new bugs that have to be worked through?
After getting OS X, I am still considering 2 scenarios:
1. After installing OS X on my existing internal hd, I will then get a new
internal hd, either preinstalled w/ YDL, or install YDL myself, and then
put
my existing OS X hd in a firewire cradle. Will yaboot boot OS X from an
external hd? Or are there some keys you can press upon startup that cause
the
computer to boot from an external hd?
Will running OS X from an external hd be incredibly slow? I am guessing it
would be; but, if the answer is no, I could then have YDL exclusively on my
internal hd and OS X on an external hd.
Does anyone have this settup? Is it working well for you? How is MOL
affected? (Am I asking too many questions?)
Or I could try scenario:
2. Partition my hd for OS X and Linux and backup to another OSX/Linux
partitioned external firewire hd. I am thinking this is the more funcional
choice at the moment. I am guessing that Mac-on-Linux would run better in
this case too.
Thanks
Dave