PM9500/180 dual processor install problems (ClintonC.MacDonald)

[Dylan Hand]

Correction, R5 was also released for PPC. Have the retail CD sitting on 
my desk right here.

Td.


On Sep 3, 2003, at 3:28 PM, Bill Hughes wrote:

>> Message: 13
>> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:04:22 -0500
>> Subject: Re: PM9500/180 dual processor install problems
>> From: Clinton C.MacDonald <clint.macdonald@sbcglobal.net>
>> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>> Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>
>> Matt:
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 08:09  AM, Matt Emson wrote:
>>> Okay, so my problem was actually due to booting with the wrong
>>> kernel.... I figured this out by chance, but happened because BootX
>>> only remembers your settings if you click 'save config' and otherwise
>>> ignores it (very 'un control panel like' to be honest.)...
>>
>> That messed me up, at first, too (but, to be fair, the YDL and BootX
>> instructions are pretty clear on the subject -- if only I had read 
>> them
>> :-) ).
>>
>
> I have to agree, but it seems that neither of us is actively 
> developing BootX, so... ;-)
>
>>> I'm also booting from 8.0 rather than 9.1 after panicing because Disk
>>> Druid
>>> calimed it wanted to format my BeOS partitions (I clicked 'no' but I
>>> still
>>> had to check..) The BeBoot loader only works from 8.x (maybe not 8.6
>>> iirc)
>
> I have had problems with a 8.5 partition and BeOS does NOT like my 
> PCI-SCSI HBA.
> BeBoot just won't recognize my AHA-2930 (Adaptec) HBA or anything 
> attached to it. It seems you need a "Apple-ROM" CD-Rom drive and your 
> hard drive to be connected to the Macs' interanal SCSI Bus. Macs with 
> IDE may vary but I'll give this warning, BeOS doesn't recognize my ATI 
> (PCI version) Radeon (Mac Editiion). It recognized my Mach64 fine, but 
> after the drive that had BeOS on it went kaput, all my HDD's are 
> External and BeOS hasn't touched 'em (even when I've tried and tried 
> and tried...)
> I'd love to re-work my setup to have 4 OS's on the 10K Cheetah 
> connected to my ATTO UL2D, but BeOS nor YDL like that card. At least 
> that I know of, as I'm still using YDL 2.3 because I don't know how to 
> apt-get from behind a firewall.
>
> Just some FYI on BeOS I thought I'd toss in and for Clint-->>
>
>>
>> So, tell us: what's the BeOS like? Does it live up to its hype? Do you
>> like the database-like file system? Does it have any "killer apps"? 
>> How
>> does it compare in usability to the Mac OS or GNU/Linux?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Clint
>
> -->>BeOS has its' very own, PPC/BeOS version of CodeWarrior. I know 
> nothing of programing, but that in itself is a good sell for those of 
> you who code. BeOS has has tons of cool little multimedia apps plus 
> BeShare, (Gnutella, Limewire type clone) ports of Mozilla and 
> Firebird, some pretty cool games (I've heard, haven't done it for 
> myself) that one can compile for PPC, like HeXen, Doom those 1st 
> person shooter types...
> Clint, if you're really interested, check out "BeBits" and "BeGroovy" 
> (both are .com 's IIRC), also, since BeInc. is no more I don't think 
> I'll serve 1-to-5 for "copying" and sending you a version of BeOS R4.3 
> (last PPC release, while it was R5 in the X86 world).
>
> Mat,
> if you're doing any coding in BeOS, PLEASE email me.
> I really would like trying BeOS out again even if it means that I'd 
> have to restore my "soup-ed up" 9500/200 back to "stock" specs.
> I'd really like someone that could give me pointers every now and then.
>
>
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