Trying to install on a 3400c PowerBook. Help!

[Derick Centeno]

Dear Deacon:
As usual the dance of complexity is already developing and soon you 
will have your own little private twister (or tornado)!  Judging from 
the nature of the questions, perhaps this is happening already.

If you read carefully what I wrote previously I was very specific with 
what OS, BootX was associated with.  BootX was designed to be used as a 
Control Panel application and therefore can only work with Classic OS, 
which means Mac OS 9 & LOWER.

MacOS X doesn't need BootX at all.  Also I believe I stated that YDL 4 
and higher was designed for Mac OS X only.  I also stated that the 
earlier versions of YDL are optimized for Macs using the Classic OS.

The PB 3400 may have originally come with MacOS 8 or 8.5.  In any case, 
it is considered a Classic OS and will need BootX installed as a 
Control Panel.  All you need to do is find BootX on the first CD of YDL 
3.0 and while within the MacOS copy BootX from YDL Install Disk 1 and 
drop BootX onto the System Folder of the Classic Mac OS.  Only after 
BootX is properly installed in the System Folder then you must follow 
the other directions provided regarding setting up BootX, such as 
copying the Linux kernel into a Folder where BootX can see it, set up 
your video, set up the RAM disk for Linux to use and bootup from, and 
not much more than that.  These are just some of the preparations 
necessary to be done within the Classic OS BEFORE you attempt running 
YDL.  Installing YDL ALSO requires the use of BootX, but this time for 
this situation, BootX has different settings.  What settings are 
necessary for which task and at what point are included (review the 
READ ME file carefully) on the first YDL installation disk of YDL 2.0 
and YDL 3.0; if you can't find it (the READ ME), then do a search on 
Google for more information on BootX.

Believe me Deacon, there are other ways of doing Linux, I'm merely 
narrowing the possibilities of discussion so I don't rewrite Wikipedia!

After implementing these preliminary procedures with BootX, then you 
will then find booting into Linux through BootX to be something you get 
used to.

Let's imagine (I hope sincerely this can eventually happen for you, but 
right now let's use imagination) you are in Linux and finally can see 
the Linux Desktop.  You will find the Kicker (not quite the same as the 
Windows taskbar, experience will show you why) and all other 
applications of your interest or that you could be interested in.  If 
Firefox is not installed you can install it using yum.  The command 
sequence is:

yum install firefox

This applies to any application you may wish to install.
You can also check using yum to see if there is a ppc version of the 
application of your interest.  You want to check flash, then do:

yum search flash

then yum will list what it finds.  IF it finds flash then it can also 
install it for you

yum install flash

Of course, that's the easy part.
There is a file (yum.conf) which yum refers to which needs to be 
updated so that it references and searches the most useful, current and 
useable libraries (called repositories).
It is up to you to do that.  Although others have done this before and 
put together there experiences and knowledge onto the YDL FAQ pages.
I don't know if you can access this information resource, the Yellow 
Dog Linux Frequently Asked Questions (YDL FAQ) pages but if you can, 
study it.  Many of your questions which I merely skimmed over here, are 
addressed there in more detail:

http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/start

Although Thunderbird is ok. I found the application called Evolution 
far more flexible and useful.  It functions more like Now Contact and 
Now Up to Date as well as an email program with encryption/decryption 
capability, and very many other things.  As much as I like how OS X 
does things, I do miss Evolution.  I know some people enjoy xmms, but 
you really out to try xine and implement the GOOM application within 
it.

Best wishes...

On Aug 7, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Deacon Nikolai wrote:

> Dear Derick,
>
> 	Thank you again. Both for your help and honesty of the situation. I
> finally figured out how to burn the ISOs correctly on my other Mac, an
> iBook that is running Mac OS X 10.4. I am actually using that iBook 
> with
> YDL 4.0.1 installed on a small partition. I also found some 3.0.l ISOs
> and burned them to CDs.
>
> 	In the past I actually had this 3400c (by using some major hacks)
> running 9.2.2! It really slowed things down though. I think I was as
> happiest with 9.2.1.
>
> 	Anyway, where is the best place to put BootX in the Mac OS X folder
> hierarchy when I add it to my 3400c? Without it, my 3400c does not seem
> to recognize the 3.0.1 CDs as a start up disk. Should this be expected?
>
> 	One more total newbie question. How do I install Firefox and
> Thunderbird? I am not sure how to use YUM or get updated or new
> software. Also is is possible to install Flash?
>
> 	Thanks again for all the help!
>
> In Christ,
> Deacon Nikolai
> http://www.Stanosheck.com