YDL installer vs Slackintosh

[Derick Centeno]

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That's unfortunate that things have turned out that way.  

All the best...

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:08:27 -0400
Stephen Dill <sadill at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply Derick.
> I reviewed the documentation at YDL and found the interesting
> following: [quote] Apple Power Mac G5 1.8GHz G5, 2003-04 Notes:
> 	• The ATI Radeon X800 XT graphics card is non-functional.
> [end] That's a fairly new note. I didn't find it a couple of months
> ago. Also I asked YDL directly in an e-mail about my configuration  
> (specifically mentioning my X800 card and got a yes it'll work
> reply. I guess they uncovered the problems after my query and only
> recently found the card is unworkable. Perhaps YDL could check what
> Slackintosh is doing to support it. Kills it for me and YDL as I have
> no other card to use. I am glad I didn't buy YDL after all.
> Regards...
> 
> On Mar 10, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Derick Centeno wrote:
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> > Hi Steve:
> >
> > I've heard of Slackware Linux years ago, way back in the early days.
> > They had a different reputation than Red Hat or even Debian, back
> > then.  I'm surprised they, or someone else, decided to make the
> > time to
> > support a branch for the mac.
> >
> > Regarding the difficulties you reported is it possible that there
> > are components or other hardware which are not native or original
> > Apple hardware which came with your G5?  You may want to review the
> > hardware support page for YDL 6 where your machine is discussed.
> >
> > All the best...
> >
> > On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:17:17 -0400
> > Stephen Dill <sadill at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I wonder what the difference is between the Slackintosh and YDL
> >> installers. I can get Slack to install but the installer for YDL
> >> won't get past the first screen that comes up after pressing enter
> >> to install. The last lines have something like cpu99 kick, then the
> >> install gives up. Isn't cpu99 a 32 bit thing? Any clues? Thanks,  
> >> Steve
> >> Power Mac G5
> >>   Model Identifier:	PowerMac7,3
> >>   Processor Name:	PowerPC G5  (3.0)
> >>   Processor Speed:	1.8 GHz
> >>   Number Of CPUs:	2
> >>   L2 Cache (per CPU):	512 KB
> >>   Memory:	1.5 GB (4 stick)
> >>   Bus Speed:	900 MHz
> >>   SATA HDD 2 drives
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