R. Hirschfeld wrote: > Does anybody on the list have any *current* experience running linux > (YDL or otherwise) on older PowerPC hardware, and have any > recommendations? My 1998 Wallstreet PowerBook G3 is running YDL 3 (I > believe YDL 4 didn't support it, so I didn't upgrade at the time), but > it is getting rather long in the tooth. > > I need something with support for such archaisms as an Old World ROM, > ADB, SCSI, and a PCMCIA FireWire card that is PCILynx rather than OHCI > (even with YDL 3 I needed to reconfigure the kernel for that one!). > Also it should be lean enough to run with only 192MB of RAM. > > (Actually, I could probably continue to get by with YDL 3 if there's a > modern browser that will compile under it. The old version of Mozilla > that came with it is becoming unusable.)
I've but Debian 5, the current release, on a Wallstreet. It runs okay however I haven't really tried it out much. My understanding is it will support WiFi and I have gotten it working on an iBook. The iBook has an original Airport Card which is supposed to be the same as the Lucent/Orinoco cards commonly used in a Wallstreet. It has 320 Mb of RAM in it so I can't say how it would do with 192. But I would recommend boosting it. You can get a 256 Mb SODIMM for $28. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'
