How about the installation of LinuxPPC on the 7300, is that easy ? I am not familiar with LinuxPPC.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Did anyone of you install a Linux distro on a PowerMac 7600 ? It should be > >possible according to the web, but my experience is very different. I tried > >Mandake 8.2 and YDL 2.1, of which only YDL was able to initialize my Hard > >Disk and make nice 3 extra partitions but it stopped somewhere during > >package install. Mandrake crashed during the process of making partitions. > > I've installed LinuxPPC on a 7300 & 9600, YDL 2.1 and Mandrake on a > 9600. I had problems with the graphical install on YDL 2.1, so I > tried again with the 'text' installer and it worked fine. Mandrake's > graphical install was no problem, but I did choose all the installed > packages explictly. > > I didn't run into any disk space problems. I always choose my own > packages though, I hate combing thru the RPM database deleting > packages after a 'recommended' install. But I know what the packages > contain, and I know which ones I want and which ones I don't want. A > 'freshman' may not know this. > -- > Charles Dostale > System Administrator > Silver Oaks Communications > http://www.silveroaks.com > 824 17th Street > Moline IL USA 61265 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 309-797-9898 > > -- > MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
