Excuse me, Erick. I should have read the details you posted more thoroughly. According to what is posted here: http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/hardware/apple-powermac- g5.shtml
You should expect trouble with the ATI Radeon X800 XT graphics card. All the best... On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Erick Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the Info. We just can afford the upgrade to leopard > server because of money issues, so I'm looking for a free alternative. > > Erick > > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 7:06 AM, ps wrote: > >> On 29 Oct 2008, at 9:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> My name is Erick I'm the system admin for two Mac based labs at >>> Idaho State University. We are currently running an open >>> directory server off of Panther server. We upgraded to leopard >>> clients and open directory doesn't work that well. I'm thinking of >>> migrating our server to Yellow dog linux, but need to know if you >>> can serve Macs and open directory from Linux. Has anyone >>> done this. My machine is a Dual dual core 2.5 Ghz G5 with 8GB of >>> RAM and 2 TB of storage. >>> >>> Any Suggestions? >>> >>> Erick >> >> Hi Erick, >> >> While running YDL is possible on the machine you specify I think it >> might be more problematic replicating Open Directory in an LDAP >> database. My feeling is that you'd be able to get some of the basic >> schema and authentication down, but to what degree of >> functionality, I >> don't know. I'd check out the Open LDAP community for more leads in >> that area, and possibly even afp548.com and macenterprise.org. >> >> You mention upgrading your clients to Leopard, but not the server. >> Panther's OD is largely dependent on the gone-from-Leopard NetInfo >> schema. Leopard has completely ditched NetInfo*. Tiger clients are >> more or less fine with a Panther server, but if you have Leopard >> clients you will save yourself a bunch of headaches by upgrading to >> Leopard Server. Leopard server can authenticate older clients, but >> the opposite, as you illustrate, doesn't do so well. Perhaps this >> would be a more direct and faster method? >> >> *For a good article on this, see: >> http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=LeopardServerReview- >> LocalDirectory&query=netinfo >> >> cheers >> :peter >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog- >> general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
