[juneau-lug] Re: Linux for PPC

  • From: Chad Tudor <ctudor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:39:54 -0900

I installed Yellow 2.0 in the past, but it was buggy on my old ibook. 
Yet Terrasoft claims video card issues are a thing of the past and the 
difference between 2/2.3 > 3.0 is "night / day". Well I hope so! Thanks 
for all the feedback James and Justin. :-)

Chad
On Saturday, February 21, 2004, at 02:20 PM, James Zuelow wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:27:49 -0900
> Justin Burket <zorton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> hcopy and hmount are very picky about their syntax and will often 
>> times
>> not copy from a full path.  So you typically have to use hcopy ./file
>> :folder:on_mac_drive:  This might not be the case with a newer copy of
>> hutils but keep it in mind.
>
> At least the version of hmount, hcopy, etc. in Debian testing will 
> complain vociferously if you don't provide an unambiguous path.  I've 
> found that using an absolute path every time is best.
>
> Don't think it would be any different with an rpm distro like 
> YellowDog.
>
> You'll find that there are some strangeness with packages that are 
> "available" for PPC (meaning they compile), but that don't work 
> exactly right.  afio comes to mind, for versions 2.4 and lower.  So be 
> sure to test things before you use them.
>
> Also keep in mind that YellowDog's end-of-life for 3.0 is April 16th.  
> I don't know for sure what that means as far as security updates are 
> concerned, but I can't see any security updates for 2.3 past June 
> 2003.  So you *may* be looking at an upgrade later this summer.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
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