Subject: Re: Processor upgrade card.
From: John Nelson (john@computation.com)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2001 - 19:27:45 MST
Well I *am* instsalling on older hardware with a relatively small disk
(only 1.3 gig), yet I don't expect the installation process to wedge or
install a file system that wedges on the first fsck just because the
disk isn't huge. A one gig disk should be usable and bootable.
-- John
Christopher Murtagh wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, John Nelson wrote:
>
>>Is there a reason NOT to use LinuxPPC as opposed to Yellow Dog?
>>
>>Not a rhetorical question. I haven't been exactly overwhelmed by the
>>quality of Yellow Dog.
>>
>
> Hrm, well I for one don't share your experience there. I haven't tried
>LinuxPPC, but since there hasn't been any real development on it in
>months, I would suspect that it is likely to be out of date. When we told our Apple rep that we were going to use Linux instead of OS X, he told us that YellowDog was definitely the distro to choose (this was
>back when their release was Champion Server 1.2). I have been using YDL
>ever since and have never regretted it. We now have 6 YDL machines in
>production and we are about to add 2 more and a 4 node briQ. I would
>wholeheartedly recommend YDL to anyone who asked.
>
> The differences in your experience and mine might be in the fact that
>you're using older hardware (an 8500 I believe) whereas I'm only using
>G4s. The oldest PPC machine I've installed Linux on is my Wallstreet, and
>everything went smoothly there. So maybe YDL isn't so hot on older gear?
>Is LinuxPPC really any better? I'm curious.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chris
>
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