Subject: Re: 8500/150 and YDL
From: Robert Vogt IV (robert@arborhost.com)
Date: Thu Nov 23 2000 - 20:42:23 MST
Adrian,
> * First and principal, I can't make the YDL CD's boot.
> I got the latest YDL cd's from cheapbytes and
> followed the instructions from the YDL website:
> restart the machine with the CD in and the 'C' key
> pressed until it boots from the CD but it never
> happened. It just booted as normal into OS 9.
Try installing "BootX" off the CD, and copy ramdisk.image.gz and
vmlinux to the System Folder, then reboot and follow the install
instructions...
> * 2nd, any comments on the 8500/150 will be
> apreciated. How will you compare it to an intel box
> (386/486/P/etc)? It has a 2gb hd and 80mb of ram.
> Anbody succesful in using the video ins/outs with
> linux? How about sound?
I've got a 7500/100 here doing a GREAT job as a server - its about
4 times as fast (serving-wise) as a 200MHz Pentium Pro someone else has...
> * 3rd, what window managers/enviroments are available
> (kde, gnome, wm, e, sawfish, etc.)? Games?
All you listed, I believe, but you can always compile others...
> * 4th, I got a Personal Laserwriter 300 with the
> machine. In OS 9 it was darn slow to print a single
> page. Does it get any faster in YDL? It looked like
> the worst part was creating the image file in the OS,
> after that the printer was allright.
Probably...linux does most everything faster, since there is less
system overhead... Of course, you might not be able to do as much
(watermarking, etc...).
Sincerely,
Robert Vogt IV
ArborHost
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