Subject: unsubscribe Re: yellowdog-general Digest 25 Apr 2001 15:03:13 -0000 Issue 383
From: Ray Conte (rconte@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 25 2001 - 09:10:53 MDT
Thanks!
At 03:03 PM 4/25/01 +0000, you wrote:
>
>yellowdog-general Digest 25 Apr 2001 15:03:13 -0000 Issue 383
>
>Topics (messages 10319 through 10346):
>
>Booting YDL install CD from external SCSI
> 10319 by: Ben Ricker <bricker@wellinx.com>
> 10320 by: Ben Ricker <bricker@wellinx.com>
> 10321 by: Ben Ricker <bricker@wellinx.com>
>
>yup problems
> 10322 by: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>
>YDL 2.0 support for new G4's?
> 10323 by: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com>
>
>backups/ups
> 10324 by: jmmd@nerve.com
> 10325 by: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
>
>nfs mount aix volume
> 10326 by: John Duarte <john@keylitho.com>
>
>usleep
> 10327 by: Barry Sparenborg <barrys@jorsm.com>
>
>More questions - Trackpad for clicking on Pismo/ppclinux.apple.com/~benh not
>responding
> 10328 by: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
> 10329 by: deadbeef <deadbeef@mac.com>
> 10330 by: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>
>trackpad, ppclinux.apple.com/~benh not responding
> 10331 by: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>
>Kernel 2.4.4 - No Mouse?
> 10332 by: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
> 10333 by: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
> 10334 by: Donn <donntarris@home.com>
>
>How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
> 10335 by: Mike Melanson <melanson@pcisys.net>
> 10337 by: andu <undo@cloud9.net>
> 10338 by: Keith Stattenfield <keith@stattenfield.org>
> 10339 by: "Randy S. Miller" <rsmiller@cplx.net>
> 10340 by: Vance Dubberly <vance@coloradosprings.com>
> 10341 by: Mike Melanson <melanson@pcisys.net>
>
>x-windows on ibook
> 10336 by: NeedtoKnow Basisonly <needtoknow@alltel.net>
>
>How do I boot a
> 10342 by: Andu <undo@cloud9.net>
>
>Weird Port Open
> 10343 by: "Patrick J. Larkin" <plarkin@beth.k12.pa.us>
> 10344 by: cdowns <cdowns@skillsoft.com>
> 10345 by: "Patrick J. Larkin" <plarkin@beth.k12.pa.us>
> 10346 by: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
>
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>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: Ben Ricker <bricker@wellinx.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Date: 23 Apr 2001 09:15:58 -0500
>Message-Id: <988035358.20921.3.camel@loc-001>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Subject: Booting YDL install CD from external SCSI
>
>I have an external SCSI drive on a PowerComputing Powerbase 240. I can
>boot Mac media from it, but I cannot get YDL to boot from it. I can get
>the kernel started by moving the vmlinuz kernel into the kernels folder
>and setting rhe ramdisk to the ramdisk on the CD. The installer comes up
>fine. However, when I choose 'Local CD-ROM' as the installer location, I
>get 'Cannot find CD at scd0' or soemthing to that effect.
>
>Has anyone been able to get YDL to boot from an external device?
>
>Ben Ricker
>System Administrator
>US-Rx, Inc.
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: Ben Ricker <bricker@wellinx.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Date: 23 Apr 2001 09:15:48 -0500
>Message-Id: <988035349.20922.2.camel@loc-001>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Subject: Booting YDL install CD from external SCSI
>
>I have an external SCSI drive on a PowerComputing Powerbase 240. I can
>boot Mac media from it, but I cannot get YDL to boot from it. I can get
>the kernel started by moving the vmlinuz kernel into the kernels folder
>and setting rhe ramdisk to the ramdisk on the CD. The installer comes up
>fine. However, when I choose 'Local CD-ROM' as the installer location, I
>get 'Cannot find CD at scd0' or soemthing to that effect.
>
>Has anyone been able to get YDL to boot from an external device?
>
>Ben Ricker
>System Administrator
>US-Rx, Inc.
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: Ben Ricker <bricker@wellinx.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Date: 23 Apr 2001 09:17:09 -0500
>Message-Id: <988035459.20923.4.camel@loc-001>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Subject: Booting YDL install CD from external SCSI
>
>I have an external SCSI drive on a PowerComputing Powerbase 240. I can
>boot Mac media from it, but I cannot get YDL to boot from it. I can get
>the kernel started by moving the vmlinuz kernel into the kernels folder
>and setting rhe ramdisk to the ramdisk on the CD. The installer comes up
>fine. However, when I choose 'Local CD-ROM' as the installer location, I
>get 'Cannot find CD at scd0' or soemthing to that effect.
>
>Has anyone been able to get YDL to boot from an external device?
>
>Ben Ricker
>System Administrator
>US-Rx, Inc.
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <sae40c21.014@compucom.com>
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:04:02 -0500
>From: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: yup problems
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have tried to use yup for the first time. It updates most files but chokes
>on gtk-engines and sysklogd with errors in yuprpm.py. I have checked
>/usr/lib/yup but the files in question are only there as compiled files. I
>updated all the other files by hand (yup update <package name> ...). I have
>the latest version of yup since this is the first thing yup installs.
>
>It's not of great importance ... I would just like to know how to fix it at
>some stage.
>
>Best regards,
>Chris
>
>--
>Chris Ruprecht
>(972) 856-3891
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.2.20010323114951.00aa0970@www.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:50:54 -0700
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>Subject: Re: YDL 2.0 support for new G4's?
>
>
>Jim,
>
>Yes it will. The only caveat is that the GeForce2 card will be restricted
>for the time
>being to the open firmware framebuffer (so basically 8bpp color). We hope
>to get driver support as soon as we can.
>
>>Hi - Anyone know whether the YDL 2.0 distro will include support for the
>>2001 G4's? I am particularly interested in whether support will be
>>available for the dual 533 with an NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. I've
>>checked the YDL 2.0 description page, however the hardware support link
>>leads to information for the 1.2.1 distro.
>>
>>Jim
>
>Regards,
>Dan
>
>Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: 23 Apr 2001 11:14:11 -0700
>Message-ID: <20010423181411.23525.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: jmmd@nerve.com
>Subject: backups/ups
>
>hello all,
>for UPS have an apc back-ups pro, need to use it.
>also, need a good backup program.
>best solutions, recommendations? thanks..joe
>
>... . . . . . . . . . . .
>Get your own free @nerve.com email address at http://www.nervecenter.com
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104231121430.30677-100000@oldmac.pauljlucas.org>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: backups/ups
>
>On 23 Apr 2001 jmmd@nerve.com wrote:
>
>> for UPS have an apc back-ups pro, need to use it. also, need a good backup
>> program. best solutions, recommendations?
>
> http://www.exploits.org/nut/
>
> - Paul
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <l03130300b70a4e33f2a0@[192.168.1.202]>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:33:27 -0700
>To: yellowdog-general list <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>From: John Duarte <john@keylitho.com>
>Subject: nfs mount aix volume
>
>I am trying to mount an AIX volume being exported by nfs on my yellow dog box.
>
>I can see the volumes with a 'showmount -e aixbox". They list like so:
>/dataVolumes/ripro1.1.0 (everyone)
>/dataVolumes/ripro1.1.1 (everyone)
>/dataVolumes/ripro1.1.2 (everyone)
>/dataVolumes/ripro1.1.3 (everyone)
>
>I have set up an entry in /etc/fstab to enable the mounting of the first
>one (ripro1.1.0), but when I try to mount it I get the following:
>mount: aixbox:/dataVolumes/ripro1.1.0 failed, reason given by server:
>Permission denied
>
>I have a local mount point set up and the client and hosts are in each
>others hosts files.
>
>Does anyone have any advise?
>
>Thanks,
>John
>
>---------------------------
>John Duarte
>Key Lithograph
>2050 NW Vaughn St.
>Portland, OR 97209
>Ph: 503-222-9191
>Fx: 503-248-9974
>e-mail: john@keylitho.com
>---------------------------
>
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:07:57 -0500
>From: Barry Sparenborg <barrys@jorsm.com>
>To: Yellowdog Linux <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Message-ID: <B70A3C1D.8B87%barrys@jorsm.com>
>Mime-version: 1.0
>Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
>Subject: usleep
>
>
>Hello:
>
>I seem to have a missing file "usleep" each time i reboot my machine i get
>a bunch of errors stating that it can not find /bin/usleep. I have looked
>through my install disk but can't find it there, must be in the image.
>Could anyone send me the the the binary file or point me to an area on the
>web where i can download it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Barry
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <sae5322a.066@compucom.com>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 07:58:28 -0500
>From: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: More questions - Trackpad for clicking on
> Pismo/ppclinux.apple.com/~benh not responding
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have tried a lot of things to no avail. I can't get the trackpad mouse on
>my Pismo to accept tapping as mouse buttons. (double click should be 2 taps
>on the trackpad, selection should be one). So far, I have to use the 'real'
>mouse button.
>
>Also, the quite often referred site for Pismo kernels,
>ppclinux.apple.com/~benh does not appear to be accessible. I have tried for
>the last few days. Is there a mirror site somewhere?
>
>Best regards,
>Chris
>
>
>--
>Chris Ruprecht
>(972) 856-3891
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <200104241405.HAA08929@scv2.apple.com>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 07:05:23 -0700
>Content-Type: text/plain;
> format=flowed;
> charset=us-ascii
>From: deadbeef <deadbeef@mac.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v387)
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>Subject: Re: More questions - Trackpad for clicking on
>Pismo/ppclinux.apple.com/~benh not responding
>
>
>On Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 05:58 , Chris Ruprecht wrote:
>> Also, the quite often referred site for Pismo kernels,
>> ppclinux.apple.com/~benh does not appear to be accessible. I have tried
>> for the last few days. Is there a mirror site somewhere?
>
>(A search engine such as <http://www.google.com> would find this.)
>Please inform any websites with the obsolete link that the new site is
><http://penguinppc.org/~benh>.
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <sae54820.056@compucom.com>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:32:11 -0500
>From: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: More questions - Trackpad for clicking on
> Pismo/ppclinux.apple.com/~benh not responding
>
>I should have thought of it - but it was early in the morning and the list
>was sooooo quiet ;-). The 2.4.4 kernel is in the making, it's only a matter
>of minutes, until it will be booted for the first time.
>
>Apache, php4 and PostGreSQL have finished the build process last night ...
>nothing's gonna stop me now ;).
>
>Best regards and thanks for the help,
>Chris
>
>--
>Chris Ruprecht
>(972) 856-3891
>
>>>> deadbeef@mac.com 04/24/01 09:05AM >>>
>
>On Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 05:58 , Chris Ruprecht wrote:
>> Also, the quite often referred site for Pismo kernels,
>> ppclinux.apple.com/~benh does not appear to be accessible. I have tried
>> for the last few days. Is there a mirror site somewhere?
>
>(A search engine such as <http://www.google.com> would find this.)
>Please inform any websites with the obsolete link that the new site is
><http://penguinppc.org/~benh>.
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:10:21 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Hollis R Blanchard <hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21L.0104241105470.2222-100000@unix48.andrew.cmu.edu>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: trackpad, ppclinux.apple.com/~benh not responding
>
>On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Chris Ruprecht wrote:
>>
>> I have tried a lot of things to no avail. I can't get the trackpad mouse on
>> my Pismo to accept tapping as mouse buttons. (double click should be 2 taps
>> on the trackpad, selection should be one). So far, I have to use the 'real'
>> mouse button.
>
>The 'trackpad' tool is what you're looking for. I have a copy at
>ftp://penguinppc.org/users/hollis/trackpad-0.1-2.ppc.rpm.
>
>> Also, the quite often referred site for Pismo kernels,
>> ppclinux.apple.com/~benh does not appear to be accessible. I have tried for
>> the last few days. Is there a mirror site somewhere?
>
>That site moved quite some time ago to http://penguinppc.org/~benh. Please
>contact any pages with outdated information and ask them to correct their
>links.
>
>However, if you're running 2.2 then the standard 2.2.19 sources from
>kernel.org is what you should be using.
>
>-Hollis
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <sae562ee.079@compucom.com>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:26:34 -0500
>From: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Kernel 2.4.4 - No Mouse?
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have made kernel 2.4.4 on my Pismo with the configuration found in .config
>from penguinppc.org/~benh. I went through 'make menuconfig' first to check
>on anything which I would do different and if there is some device which I
>have which is not enabled. Everything looks good, so I went ahead and made
>the kernel. After booting the kernel, I tried to get into X but I got
>stopped dead: no mouse. /dev/adbmouse is a nonexisting device.
>I compared .config from the 2.4.4 kernel with .config from the 2.2.17 kernel
>and there are differences concerning ADB devices. I switched the mouse on
>and now .drivers/char/adbmouse.c gets compiled and included into char.o but
>at the last stage of the make process, I get unresolved externals
>"adb_mouse_interrupt_hook", "adb_emulate_buttons", "adb_button2_keycode" and
>"adb_button3_keycode". I'm missing the definitions ind some module
>somewhere, how do I switch this on?
>
>Best regards,
>Chris
>
>
>--
>Chris Ruprecht
>(972) 856-3891
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-Id: <sae564b1.090@compucom.com>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:34:00 -0500
>From: "Chris Ruprecht" <cruprech@compucom.com>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.4 - No Mouse?
>
>OK - forget it - I copied the definitions from
>./drivers/macintosh/mac_keyb.c into ./drivers/char/adbmouse.c and it seems
>to have worked.
>
>However, this is not 'normal' ...
>
>Regards,
>Chris
>
>--
>Chris Ruprecht
>(972) 856-3891
>
>>>> cruprech@compucom.com 04/24/01 11:26AM >>>
>Hi all,
>
>I have made kernel 2.4.4 on my Pismo with the configuration found in .config
>from penguinppc.org/~benh. I went through 'make menuconfig' first to check
>on anything which I would do different and if there is some device which I
>have which is not enabled. Everything looks good, so I went ahead and made
>the kernel. After booting the kernel, I tried to get into X but I got
>stopped dead: no mouse. /dev/adbmouse is a nonexisting device.
>I compared .config from the 2.4.4 kernel with .config from the 2.2.17 kernel
>and there are differences concerning ADB devices. I switched the mouse on
>and now .drivers/char/adbmouse.c gets compiled and included into char.o but
>at the last stage of the make process, I get unresolved externals
>"adb_mouse_interrupt_hook", "adb_emulate_buttons", "adb_button2_keycode" and
>"adb_button3_keycode". I'm missing the definitions ind some module
>somewhere, how do I switch this on?
>
>Best regards,
>Chris
>
>
>--
>Chris Ruprecht
>(972) 856-3891
>
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <3AE5AB41.1D50F9BF@home.com>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:35:14 -0700
>From: Donn <donntarris@home.com>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.4 - No Mouse?
>
>Chris Ruprecht wrote:
>>
>> I have made kernel 2.4.4...
>
>As far as I know, major changes happened going from 2.2.17 to 2.2.18,
>carrying over to 2.4.x versions of the kernel, which make any config
>from 2.2.17 on the mouse or monitor settings irrelevant...
>
>Donn
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:03:32 -0600 (MDT)
>From: Mike Melanson <melanson@pcisys.net>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104242058340.32397-100000@x-wing.tmmm.home>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
>
>Hi,
> I purchased a used PowerComputing PowerTower/166 and I want to get
>some variant of Linux running on it. I am definitely not new to Linux; I
>have successfully installed and maintained it on a variety of i386
>systems.
>
> I know I can make this Linux-on-PPC thing fly if I can just
>get to the installer. First, I'm supposed to boot the Mac from the MacOS
>CD-ROM. How do I do this? I put in the MacOS CD-ROM (which is only v7.6
>when v8 is on the Mac). The Yellow Dog Linux install guide file says
>to hold down 'C' during startup to boot from CD. That doesn't work. The
>PowerComputing book that came with the system implies that simply having
>the CD-ROM in the drive at startup will cause it to boot off the
>CD-ROM. That sure doesn't work. The book also goes on to talk about the
>shift-option-apple-delete sequence and that keeps the services from
>booting up. But it doesn't boot from the CD.
>
> So how do I boot MacOS from the CD so I can repartition the drives
>and launch a Linux installer?
>
> Thanks...
>--
> -Mike Melanson
>
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <3AE64343.F659F702@cloud9.net>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:23:47 -0400
>From: andu <undo@cloud9.net>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>Subject: Re: How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
>
>Mike Melanson wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I purchased a used PowerComputing PowerTower/166 and I want to get
>> some variant of Linux running on it. I am definitely not new to Linux; I
>> have successfully installed and maintained it on a variety of i386
>> systems.
>>
>> I know I can make this Linux-on-PPC thing fly if I can just
>> get to the installer. First, I'm supposed to boot the Mac from the MacOS
>> CD-ROM. How do I do this? I put in the MacOS CD-ROM (which is only v7.6
>> when v8 is on the Mac). The Yellow Dog Linux install guide file says
>> to hold down 'C' during startup to boot from CD. That doesn't work. The
>> PowerComputing book that came with the system implies that simply having
>> the CD-ROM in the drive at startup will cause it to boot off the
>> CD-ROM. That sure doesn't work. The book also goes on to talk about the
>> shift-option-apple-delete sequence and that keeps the services from
>> booting up. But it doesn't boot from the CD.
>>
>> So how do I boot MacOS from the CD so I can repartition the drives
>> and launch a Linux installer?
>
>Sounds like you never used a mac before...
>If I understand correctly, you have system 8 running already.
>Start up the machine, have the MacOS cd in, go in Control panels, choose
>Startup disk and select the cd.
>Restart the machine and it'll boot off the cd.
>That being said, don't expect miracles from Linux on ppc.
>
>>
>> Thanks...
>> --
>> -Mike Melanson
>
>Andu
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>Message-Id: <p05010425b70bf738dd61@[10.0.1.13]>
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:41:53 -0700
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com,
> Mike Melanson <melanson@pcisys.net>
>From: Keith Stattenfield <keith@stattenfield.org>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
>Subject: Re: How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
>
>At 11:23 PM -0400 4/24/01, andu wrote:
>>Mike Melanson wrote:
>>>
>> > Hi,
>>> I purchased a used PowerComputing PowerTower/166 and I want to get
>>> some variant of Linux running on it. I am definitely not new to Linux; I
>> > have successfully installed and maintained it on a variety of i386
>> > systems.
>
>Some of the CD drives used in Macintosh clones were not capable of
>being booted from by the general bootable CD. There should be a CD
>which came with the machine which can boot this system, which you can
>use to partition the drive.
>
>If you have enough memory, you can setup a big RAM Disk ( 30M is
>generally enough ), copy the System, Finder, and partitioning utility
>into the RAM disk, then use the Startup Disk to boot from this RAM
>disk.
>
>If neither of these work, then you might have to scrounge up an
>external SCSI drive to boot from while you re-partition the internal
>drive.
>
>-Keith
>--
>Keith Stattenfield
>keith@stattenfield.org
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:00:59 -0400
>From: "Randy S. Miller" <rsmiller@cplx.net>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>CC: <melanson@pcisys.net>
>Message-ID: <B70BC43B.F7F%rsmiller@cplx.net>
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>Subject: Re: How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
>
>On 4/24/01 11:03 PM, "Mike Melanson" <melanson@pcisys.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I purchased a used PowerComputing PowerTower/166 and I want to get
>> some variant of Linux running on it. I am definitely not new to Linux; I
>> have successfully installed and maintained it on a variety of i386
>> systems.
>>
>> I know I can make this Linux-on-PPC thing fly if I can just
>> get to the installer. First, I'm supposed to boot the Mac from the MacOS
>> CD-ROM. How do I do this? I put in the MacOS CD-ROM (which is only v7.6
>> when v8 is on the Mac). The Yellow Dog Linux install guide file says
>> to hold down 'C' during startup to boot from CD. That doesn't work. The
>> PowerComputing book that came with the system implies that simply having
>> the CD-ROM in the drive at startup will cause it to boot off the
>> CD-ROM. That sure doesn't work. The book also goes on to talk about the
>> shift-option-apple-delete sequence and that keeps the services from
>> booting up. But it doesn't boot from the CD.
>>
>> So how do I boot MacOS from the CD so I can repartition the drives
>> and launch a Linux installer?
>>
>> Thanks...
>
>YDL will only boot on the "New World" Macs, basically the iMac and the Blue
>and White towers. Anything older than this (which includes the clones), you
>will need to install MacOS (at least v.8.x or v.9.x.x) on a small partition
>(roughly 30 to 100 mb), copy BootX and the BootX extension to the system
>folder, along with vmlinux and the ramdisk.gz file. Reboot the system and
>choose Linux from the BootX loader.
>
>Randy
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:15:43 -0600
>From: Vance Dubberly <vance@coloradosprings.com>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Message-ID: <B70BAB8F.7A0%vance@coloradosprings.com>
>Mime-version: 1.0
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>Subject: Re: How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
>
>If you are trying to boot MacOS and use Disk Utilities to partition your
>drive hold down the "C" key during the boot cycle.
>
>-v
>
>On 4/24/01 10:00 PM, "Randy S. Miller" <rsmiller@cplx.net> wrote:
>
>>> So how do I boot MacOS from the CD so I can repartition the drives
>>> and launch a Linux installer?
>>>
>>> Thanks...
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 07:31:58 -0600 (MDT)
>From: Mike Melanson <melanson@pcisys.net>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104250727040.2613-100000@x-wing.tmmm.home>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: How do I boot a Mac from the CD?
>
>On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, andu wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you never used a mac before...
>
> I admit it's been 3+ years since I've touched one...
>
>> If I understand correctly, you have system 8 running already.
>> Start up the machine, have the MacOS cd in, go in Control panels, choose
>> Startup disk and select the cd.
>> Restart the machine and it'll boot off the cd.
>
> Okay, that worked. Now I have to figure out exactly how to
>repartition the drives. Am I supposed to re-partition and reformat the
>drive entirely, and re-install MacOS and BootX on a tiny partition and
>then let YDL handle the rest?
>
>> That being said, don't expect miracles from Linux on ppc.
>
> I'm still looking for a support group to help me cope with the
>social stigma of owning an Apple computer...:) Seriously, I do want to
>make this work and I have some programs I want to port to the platform.
>
>--
> -Mike Melanson
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:32:28 -0400
>From: NeedtoKnow Basisonly <needtoknow@alltel.net>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Message-ID: <B70BBD8C.4E%needtoknow@alltel.net>
>Mime-version: 1.0
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>Subject: x-windows on ibook
>
>Salutations,
>Ihave an Apple ibook 366 SE. I have tryed too config x, & then startx.....
>the screens goes wild cannot read. I've tryed, & tryed no luck.
>HELP !!!
>Thanks
>NTKBO
>
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: Andu <undo@cloud9.net>
>Message-Id: <20010425140756.92C3928C68@russian-caravan.cloud9.net>
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:07:56 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Re: How do I boot a
>
>>
>>On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, andu wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds like you never used a mac before...
>>
>> I admit it's been 3+ years since I've touched one...
>>
>>> If I understand correctly, you have system 8 running already.
>>> Start up the machine, have the MacOS cd in, go in Control panels, choose
>>> Startup disk and select the cd.
>>> Restart the machine and it'll boot off the cd.
>>
>> Okay, that worked. Now I have to figure out exactly how to
>>repartition the drives. Am I supposed to re-partition and reformat the
>>drive entirely, and re-install MacOS and BootX on a tiny partition and
>>then let YDL handle the rest?
>
>Yes. The mac utility only deals with the whole disk. Just make a minimal hfs
>partition for
>MacOS and partition the rest from linux install. Make sure you restart the
>computer after
>repartitioning in Linux, before you install stuff, otherwise it doesn't read
>the partition table
>correctly.
>
>>
>>> That being said, don't expect miracles from Linux on ppc.
>>
>> I'm still looking for a support group to help me cope with the
>>social stigma of owning an Apple computer...:)
>
>In your case the excuse is that the machine is not Apple;-).
>
>>Seriously, I do want to
>>make this work and I have some programs I want to port to the platform.
>
>Nice of you.
>The problem I found with Linux on ppc is not Linux or the maintainers,
>obviously, but
>Apple with their continuos changes to the hardware. Too much effort goes
>into hardware
>compatibilitiy.
>
>>
>>--
>> -Mike Melanson
>
>
>
>Regards, Andu
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:18:28 -0400
>From: "Patrick J. Larkin" <plarkin@beth.k12.pa.us>
>To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Message-ID: <B70C54F3.6ABB%plarkin@beth.k12.pa.us>
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>Subject: Weird Port Open
>
>
>Hi --
>
>I ran a Port Scan on my YDL machine and found port 1024 is open. Anyone
>know what this is? An analysis program reported that it was a Trojan named
>"Netspy" but all of my research shows this as a Windows trojan.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions on what can be done?
>
>--
>Patrick Larkin
>Information and Communications Technology
>Bethlehem Area School District
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <3AE6DE37.AC2774BF@skillsoft.com>
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:24:55 -0400
>From: cdowns <cdowns@skillsoft.com>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
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>Subject: Re: Weird Port Open
>
>"Patrick J. Larkin" wrote:
>
>> Hi --
>>
>> I ran a Port Scan on my YDL machine and found port 1024 is open. Anyone
>> know what this is? An analysis program reported that it was a Trojan named
>> "Netspy" but all of my research shows this as a Windows trojan.
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions on what can be done?
>>
>> --
>> Patrick Larkin
>> Information and Communications Technology
>> Bethlehem Area School District
>
>this is a known port to proxy services and i would suggest you shut it down or
>you could be used in an atteck against machines in the void. do setup and kill
>proxy and init 1 ; init 3 to make sure t is gone then do:
>
>Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
>tcp 0 0 10.0.2.1:22 10.0.2.127:745
>ESTABLISHED
>tcp 0 20 10.0.2.1:22 10.0.2.127:661
>ESTABLISHED
>tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
>raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:6 0.0.0.0:* 7
>raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:1 0.0.0.0:* 7
>raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:6 0.0.0.0:* 7
>Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established)
>Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
>unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 410 /dev/log
>unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 657
>unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 422
>[root@zuul rc.d]#
>
>than you should be good.
>
>good luck :)
>
>-D
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:33:05 -0400
>From: "Patrick J. Larkin" <plarkin@beth.k12.pa.us>
>To: "yellowdog general lists.yellowdoglinux.com"
> <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Message-ID: <B70C5860.6ABF%plarkin@beth.k12.pa.us>
>Mime-version: 1.0
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>Subject: Re: Weird Port Open
>
>> "Patrick J. Larkin" wrote:
>>
>>> Hi --
>>>
>>> I ran a Port Scan on my YDL machine and found port 1024 is open. Anyone
>>> know what this is? An analysis program reported that it was a Trojan named
>>> "Netspy" but all of my research shows this as a Windows trojan.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any suggestions on what can be done?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Patrick Larkin
>>> Information and Communications Technology
>>> Bethlehem Area School District
>>
>> this is a known port to proxy services and i would suggest you shut it
>down or
>> you could be used in an atteck against machines in the void. do setup and
>kill
>> proxy and init 1 ; init 3 to make sure t is gone then do:
>>
>> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
>> tcp 0 0 10.0.2.1:22 10.0.2.127:745
>> ESTABLISHED
>> tcp 0 20 10.0.2.1:22 10.0.2.127:661
>> ESTABLISHED
>> tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
>> raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:6 0.0.0.0:* 7
>> raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:1 0.0.0.0:* 7
>> raw 0 0 0.0.0.0:6 0.0.0.0:* 7
>> Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established)
>> Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
>> unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 410 /dev/log
>> unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 657
>> unix 0 [ ] DGRAM 422
>> [root@zuul rc.d]#
>>
>> than you should be good.
>>
>> good luck :)
>>
>> -D
>>
>>
>
>
>
>So are you saying I have a proxy server running. I have no idea what you
>mean "do setup." Sorry...
>--
>Patrick Larkin
>Information and Communications Technology
>Bethlehem Area School District
>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:01:14 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Paul J. Lucas" <pauljlucas@mac.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104250759050.1274-100000@oldmac.pauljlucas.org>
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: Weird Port Open
>
>On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Patrick J. Larkin wrote:
>
>> I ran a Port Scan on my YDL machine and found port 1024 is open. Anyone
>> know what this is? An analysis program reported that it was a Trojan named
>> "Netspy" but all of my research shows this as a Windows trojan.
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions on what can be done?
>
> Did you try simply telnet'ing to the port to see what you get?
> Or:
>
> netstat -p --tcp
> and:
> lsof
>
> ?
>
> - Paul
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