Subject: Re: Update Function In CS 1.1 Installer?
From: geodesic (taveren@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Aug 29 1999 - 01:25:05 MDT
i realize that OS X doesnt support USB peripherals, that is why i stated
that i abandoned it. my question was.... Will YDL support my imation
superdisk
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>From: Kevyn Shortell <kevyn@apple.com>
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: Re: Update Function In CS 1.1 Installer?
>Date: Thu, Aug 19, 1999, 9:40 PM
>
> The solution for OS X installs is, per the manual, unplug your
> Iomation SuperDisk, as OS X Server only supports keyboards and
> mice for USB. No other device can be present.
>
> Kevyn
>
> At 9:09 PM -0400 8/19/99, geodesic wrote:
>>hi all,
>>
>>how difficult is the GUI install w/ YDL? i have not found X configuration on
>>a peecee to be a pleasant task. I spent last week installing OS X several
>>times over (abandoned due to lack of USB support) and was amazed at the
>>simplicity of the install, less than 15 min. to have the whole thing up and
>>running. I'm hoping that the YDL is going to be close to that on the
>>enjoyment scale.
>>
>>It is going onto a rev B. Imac. Will YDL support my imation superdisk?
>>right now im mainly looking for an apache/perl environment.
>>
>>thanks
>>david
>>
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>> >From: schinder@pobox.com
>> >To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>> >Subject: Re: Update Function In CS 1.1 Installer?
>> >Date: Thu, Aug 19, 1999, 7:09 PM
>> >
>>
>> > On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 04:10:45PM -0600, Dan Burcaw wrote:
>> > } On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Dan Burcaw wrote:
>> > }
>> > } > >
>> > } > > I plan to upgrade my CS 1.0 sytem to CS 1.1. Is there an Upgrade
>> > } > > function in the Installer? Since I made some customizations (keyboard
>> > } > > tables and the like) I try to avoid an install from scratch.
>> > } >
>> > } > Sure us.
>> > } Sure is too :)
>> >
>> > One problem I noticed with the upgrade was that it puts stuff back on
>> > the machine that I had pulled off, even after having done an "rpm -e"
>> > to get rid of it, so that it should no longer be in the rpm database.
>> > Imagine my chagrin to see sendwhale^H^H^H^H^Hmail back on my wife's G3
>> > after upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1, because blowing away sendmail and
>> > installing qmail is the first thing I do on any Unix box after getting
>> > control of it. The installer also did nasties to my from-source perl
>> > installation in /usr/local, because I had symlinks from
>> > /usr/local/lib/perl5 to /usr/lib/perl5, etc., just in case there were
>> > scripts lurking around that exepcted them in the "right" place. Is
>> > there a way of make an upgrade behave a little better?
>> >
>> >
>> > }
>> > } >
>> > } > > Thanks a lot for your thoughts
>> > } > >
>> > } > > Cheers
>> > } > > --Urs
>> > } > > --------------------------------------------------
>> > } > > Urs Hochstrasser hochstrasse@ubaclu.unibas.ch
>> > } > > Botanical Institute, Hebelstrasse 1, CH-4056 BASEL
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>> > } > > --------------------------------------------------
>> > } > >
>> > } >
>> > } >
>> > } > Dan
>> > } >
>> > } > Yellow Dog Linux for Apple G3 and PowerPC
>> > } > email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
>> > } > website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>> > } >
>> > } >
>> > } >
>> > }
>> > }
>> > } Dan
>> > }
>> > } Yellow Dog Linux for Apple G3 and PowerPC
>> > } email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
>> > } website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>> > }
>> > }
>> > }
>> >
>> > --
>> > Paul Schinder
>> > schinder@pobox.com
>> >
>
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> Kevyn Shortell Worldwide Developer Relations
> Technology Manager Apple Computer, Inc
> kevyn@apple.com http://developer.apple.com/
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