>>>The main job for the iBook will be to control (and I mean control, >>>not only log!) heating and aircon in our new home, so the focus is >>>more around low power (and price) then about speed. TO be more >>>precise I'll try to press the kenel essentials into a 1 or 2 Gig >>>memory stick and boot from that with the swap partition in RAM, so >>>I can stop worrying about mechanical drives in the system. >>> >> >>I'm not an engineer, but I believe an hfs partition for yaboot is >>necessary as that is the portion talking with the Mac's internals. > >So where's the beef? USB sticks can be partitioned just like a CD or HD.
This could be a problem with the iBook model you mention; IIRC no PowerPC Mac can boot from USB. Pre-Intel Open Firmware only supports Firewire based boot media. I have heard that this has changed with the Intel Macs though. They apparently swap boot support from Firewire to USB. Can anyone confirm my sometimes subjective memory? Will Jones _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
