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On Sunday January 19 2003 06:38 pm, you wrote: > With regards to the SCSI drives you're looking for, I have a small stack > of drives here that I inherited when we moved our office (they had no need > for them anymore - a bit too small for their needs). > > So, I have 6 or 7 drives ranging from 1 to 3 GB. But I don't know what > state they're in - operational or not. > > I'd be willing to part with them for $25 a shot. (hope that's a fair > number). I can bring them to the install fest if someone will have a SCSI > configuration there we can test them on..... > > Guess I should ask... Is there a difference between standard SCSI and a > drive for a MAC? > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Louie > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 1/17/03 11:17 PM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) macintosh questions. > > If you goto www.linuxiso.org they have a list of flavors of linux that > you can download that is specific to architecture. > > Jason > > Jesse Kline wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 19:52, nathan wainwright wrote: > > > So I managed to fandanlge a couple of free powermacs. 7200/90 and a > > > 7200/75, anyone know where I can get some 168 pin 70ns ram for these > > > puppies (need to have them in pairs, would like to get 32/64 meg > > chips). > > > Try My Mac Dealer on McLeod and 11th Ave. I'm pretty sure that's where > > I > > > got RAM for an old Mac in the past (http://www.mymacdealer.com/). > > > > > Also, does anyone know what version linux these would run, and of > > course > > > > can I just buy a new SCSI drive for them? (they only have like > > 500meg > > > > harddrives in them). > > > > There are many Linux distros for PPC hardware. There are some issues > > with some older PPC Macs so you should look into your specific model. > > I > > > have an old Performa 5200CD and it had issues (just my luck). With > > that > > > system the best distro. is MKLinux (http://www.mklinux.org/). This was > > Apples Linux distro. It actually runs a Linux server on top of a BSD > > Mach Kernel. The last time I used it, it was based on an old version > > of > > > RedHat (6.2 I think) and was highly out of date, I know there has been > > at least one update since then, but I doubt that was anything more > > than > > > bug and security fixes. I was also able to load Debian PPC > > (http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/) on that machine, but I couldn't > > get the X server to run. > > Other PPC distros include Gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org/), Mandrake > > (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppc.php3), SuSE > > (http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/ppc/index.html), > > and > > > Yellow Dog (http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/) as well as some smaller > > distros (http://penguinppc.org/projects/other_distros.shtml). > > If you need any help installing Linux on these machines, bring them to > > the next installfest. If I can make it, I would love to help you out. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Jesse > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Name: signature.asc > > signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature > > Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+K0PiJ053raI+x/sRArNtAJ9LUPmc+CnVWXNjb6bbpe2dxivr+gCdFkLO gda8oot4lPk+vbxHmtKCVpE= =wEbO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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