Re: new user
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 11:35:29PM -0500, Nicholas Henke wrote: Thanks -- I look forward to playing with it soon. Can you tell me for what processor and CFLAGS mandrake uses for compiling for ppc ? Is there a sane way to recompile for a g4? Unless there is a reason to do so otherwise all packages are built with the options in /usr/lib/rpm/ppc-mandrake-linux/macros file. These options are useful for G4s... but are of course incompatabile for the newer types... Requires GCC 3.2 or newer: -maltivec -mcpu=7450 -mabi=altivec -mpowerpc-gfxopt -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion only of her own. -- John Quincy Adams, July 4th, 1821
Re: new user
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Nicholas Henke wrote: Hey guys -- I am a current gentoo ppc user ( ex developer ), and was interested in checking out ppc support for Mandrake. Is there a good place to start ? I have found the devel ( cooker ) branch rc1 iso's. What is the best option ? Is there any easy way to make new iso's from the cooker ftp stuffs ? RC1 isos are probably the easiest way to start. After that urpmi will update your system to the latest. If you want to make your own ISOs, use mkdcd_ppc.pl. For instance my tree is on /mnt/disk/export: cd /mnt/disk/export/misc ./mkcd_ppc.pl /mnt/disk/export /mnt/disk -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppcr=1w=2
new user
Hey guys -- I am a current gentoo ppc user ( ex developer ), and was interested in checking out ppc support for Mandrake. Is there a good place to start ? I have found the devel ( cooker ) branch rc1 iso's. What is the best option ? Is there any easy way to make new iso's from the cooker ftp stuffs ? thanks! Nic -- Nicholas Henke Linux Cluster Systems Programmer Liniac Project - Univ. of Pennsylvania
