[juneau-lug] Re: Stephen, a question about that PowerPC

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:14:20 -0800
"Nels Tomlinson" <nelstomlinson@xxxxxxx> wrote:


> Yes, Gentoo not only has an installation CD for PPC, but it is supposed 
> to have a live filesystem on it.  It probably does, too, but I can't 
> vouch for it.  One of the things I learned at the NetBSD link that James 
> sent me to (thanks, James!) is that this machine sends console messages 
> to a tty by default, so that's probably why I couldn't see anything when 
> it loaded up.  So, I'll probably not try to use openfirmware until I get 
> a serial cable (null modem, DB9 on each end, right?)
> 
> Nels

Nope.  An *Apple* null modem cable, or else an Appletalk hub might work.  
Remember the saga of the All-in-One.

Cheers,

James

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