Subject: Re: Installing YDL on Performa 61xx (was "RE: PowerPC 6100 Series")
From: Jeff Simpson (jeffs@WPI.EDU)
Date: Tue Mar 19 2002 - 09:51:52 MST
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, sfalken wrote:
> > 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),
I thought that was the case, but I wasn't going to say anything, because I
wasn't sure.
> 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 =]
Ok, so you are the person to talk to, then. I have a Performa 6112CD, and
I've tried everything. For some reason, it can't read discs very well. I
don't know if maybe the cdrom just can't read the brand of cdr I have, but
I know the image is good. in MacOS, it will take probably 20 minutes to
read the disc, and then another 20 or so whenever I change directories. In
the MkLinux installer, it won't read the first file from the CD, and I am
not sure if it is because the disc is bad. Any help you can offer?
>
> --Shawn
> >
>
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