Subject: Re: Is it possible to install YellowDog on a Jaz drive?
From: Rob Leach (robleach10@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Oct 19 2000 - 22:23:13 MDT
Mine doesn't say Power Domain on the box. It says it will work on both
PCs and Macs though, so maybe you're referring to older Macs...? Are
you saying that even though I have a different model number SCSI card
that it still should work?
Sy Bensky wrote:
>
> Adaptec uses the same model numbers for both their PC
> and Mac SCSI adapters. The only differen tiation is
> that the Mac adapters are called "Power Domain."
>
> Sy Bensky
>
> --- Rob Leach <robleach10@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > 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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