Subject: Re: Installing YDL on Performa 61xx (was "RE: PowerPC 6100 Series")
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Tue Mar 19 2002 - 10:20:58 MST
I also have YDL 2.0 running on a Performa 6116CD, and installation
was a snap once I had the right kernel from Takashi. But that was
too long ago, and I don't remember the details. I *can* tell you
that I *never* got it to read the internal CDROM, and used an
external one. If yours is reading it at all, you've gotten further
with it than I did.
sfalken's generalizations about Performas may be true in general, but
I have both a plain 6100 and the aforementioned Performa 6116CD, and
the layout/expandability/components are identical, at least as far as
part numbers are concerned. Same box too. In the case of the 61xx
series, I think they differentiated only in what software was
delivered with them.
Rob
>On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, sfalken wrote:
>
>> > 2. If you're talking about a Performa, say so in the subject line and list
>> > the model. PowerPC 6100 is normally construed to mean the
>>regular Power Mac
>> > 6100/60 model. And, as I believe someone else already mentioned, getting
>> > Linux to run a Performa is as much fun as getting a root canal. You better
>> > be ready for massive pain.
>>
>> Actually, in the case of the 61xx family, there's no difference between the
>> Powermac and Performas (I think the Powermac's had a 601/66, the performas
>> used a 601/60),
>
>I thought that was the case, but I wasn't going to say anything, because I
>wasn't sure.
>
>> that being said, my webserver is a Performa6116CD, and it's
>> been happily running MkLinux with Takashi's Oe's 2.4 kernels for
>>about three
>> years(wll, since he released them anyway, it ran the original 2.0.38 kernel
>> for quite a long time), without a crash that wasn't user induced, I would
>> also point out that the Performa 6360 is a fine machine (writing this on one
>> running YDL2.0) but on the whole, yes, the performas are pure shite =]
>
>Ok, so you are the person to talk to, then. I have a Performa 6112CD, and
>I've tried everything. For some reason, it can't read discs very well. I
>don't know if maybe the cdrom just can't read the brand of cdr I have, but
>I know the image is good. in MacOS, it will take probably 20 minutes to
>read the disc, and then another 20 or so whenever I change directories. In
>the MkLinux installer, it won't read the first file from the CD, and I am
>not sure if it is because the disc is bad. Any help you can offer?
>
>>
>> --Shawn
>> >
>>
>
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