Subject: RE: Installing YDL on Performa 61xx (was "RE: PowerPC 6100 Series")
From: Pete Peters (ppeters914@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Mar 19 2002 - 09:48:52 MST
You're correct as far as basic processor. I guess it's my tech support anal
retentiveness, i.e. I like the customer to be a little more discriptive than
"the car is broke." <g>
That said, the Performas were designed and marketed as low-cost (aka
low-end) all-in-one solutions. As such, they generally had inferior/lower
capacity components; limited, if any, upgrade paths; and limited features.
There's also something that makes a Performa a Performa rather than a
regular Power Mac that generally makes installing a Linux distro pure hell.
True, some people like yourself have been successful. However, IMHO, you'd
be better off w/ an old Intel 486 (yeah, yeah, save your flames) running an
older RedHat or Slackware distro (all of which are usually free) than
banging your head against the wall w/ a Performa.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: sfalken [mailto:sfalken@citlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:34 AM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: Re: Installing YDL on Performa 61xx (was "RE: PowerPC 6100
Series")
> 2. If you're talking about a Performa, say so in the subject line and list
> the model. PowerPC 6100 is normally construed to mean the regular Power
Mac
> 6100/60 model. And, as I believe someone else already mentioned, getting
> Linux to run a Performa is as much fun as getting a root canal. You better
> be ready for massive pain.
Actually, in the case of the 61xx family, there's no difference between the
Powermac and Performas (I think the Powermac's had a 601/66, the performas
used a 601/60), that being said, my webserver is a Performa6116CD, and it's
been happily running MkLinux with Takashi's Oe's 2.4 kernels for about
three
years(wll, since he released them anyway, it ran the original 2.0.38 kernel
for quite a long time), without a crash that wasn't user induced, I would
also point out that the Performa 6360 is a fine machine (writing this on one
running YDL2.0) but on the whole, yes, the performas are pure shite =]
--Shawn
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