Newbie wants to make 8600 server

[Eric Dunbar]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:48:05 -0400, Bruce
<info at realpeople-realplaces.com> wrote:
> Hi Group,
> 
> I downloaded YDL OS folder and have yet to burn anything to CD. Several very
> newbie questions:
> 
> What set of files do I burn to which disks?

You should have three _massive_ files ending in .iso. Each disk image
is ~600 MB (alternately, you could buy a 6 CD set from the
yellowdoglinux store for 25 USD).

Instructions on downloading/burning are available at:
<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/resources/ftp_mirrors.shtml>

You can download the ISOs from the URL below (and, any other mirrors
listed in the URL above) in case you didn't download the right stuff
from the folder:
<ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/yellowdog/iso/>

The three files named something like this:
yellowdog-3.0.1-sirius-20031118-install1.iso

> I have a Mac 8600/300 512mb Ram, 9gb hd, 4gb hd, Orange Micro USB/FW card,
> built in 100mb zip and CD read only drive.
> 
> >From what I have read so far, I understand I have to reformat and partition
> the drive. I¹ll need to buy a 10/100 network card to replace the 10bt card
> that is already there. Will linux recongnize my firewire/usb card? Will it
> recognize whatever new network card I purchase?

Can't speak to the compatibility of your USB/FireWire card.

As for replacing the ethernet card: is there something wrong with it
(or does YDL not support the on-board ethernet?)?

> What is my next step?  Burn the CDs? Then wipe the drives and run the bootx
> program. I have been on a mac since 1988, and have administered a small mac
> based network, but I know nothing about what I¹m doing here.

Yep, your next step would be to burn the CDs. Also, make sure you
print off (or have on-hand on another computer ;) the quick & dirty
install instructions. I'm sure the listers can also help you with the
nitty gritty of how to format things. I've got three partitions on my
G3 (Old World... i.e. it too requires BootX) computer: #1 for OS 9
boot up, #2 for OS X 10.2 and #3 for Linux. You probably would only
need 100 MB for OS 8/9/whatever and the rest for YDL. The YDL
installer can hanlde the job of fomratting the Linux partition nicely
into the partitions need for Linux.

For what you're going to be trying you probably will want 4 GB to
install the kitchen sink.

Eric