Re: Is it possible to install YellowDog on a Jaz drive?


Subject: Re: Is it possible to install YellowDog on a Jaz drive?
From: Rob Leach (robleach10@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2000 - 23:20:47 MDT


OH No! I have Adaptec 2906 and the YDL documentation says Adaptec 2940!
 Am I screwed?

Rob

Robert Fout wrote:
>
> Yes, you can install YDL on a Jaz 1 GB disk, as long as your SCSI card is
> supported by YDL (if you don't on-board SCSI). 1 GB will seem a bit small to
> be really useful though.
>
> Instead of putting it on Jaz, you might want to purchase 3rd party
> (non-Apple) disk utilities (I use FWB HDT) to resize your HFS/HFS+ partition
> to make room for your linux partitions.
>
> Bob
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed
> ... oh, wait a minute -- he already does.
>
> Robert Fout
> MacOS Guru and MkLinux/Yellowdog/LinuxPPC Linux User
> rfout@damien.edu
> http://osx.damien.edu/rfout/
> ICQ# 48433406
>
> > From: Rob Leach <robleach10@earthlink.net>
> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:16:42 -0600
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Is it possible to install YellowDog on a Jaz drive?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got yellowdog and I'm curious as to whether or not it's possible
> > to install it on a Jaz 1GB disk? Anyone know if this is possible? I
> > just don't have anywhere to put the almost 5 Gigs of stuff I have on my
> > hard disk for doing a partition...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob



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