On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Mr Mac wrote:
Thanks for the response Stew... while I await for my CD's I have a
few more questions...
Q. Does 8.0 support Reiser FS? If so will I be able to choose it
during install.. All my 8.1 install on i86 are on Reiser FS and am more
familiar with the journalized FS because of my days with Veritas on Sun
and Solaris platforms... I am also hoping that Mandrakesoft would have
better support and more releases on Sun platforms. I currently have
SuSe on my Sun platforms.
It is supported with the 2.4 kernel, but not in the setup in 8.0. The new
version in development does support Reiser, XFS, ext3 and JFS.
Q, Since I have YDL loaded right now on my Wallstreet, can I use the
BootX I have installed on 9,2.1 from YDL and replace YDL's ramdisk with
M8.0 all.gz and install that way also copying vmlinux from the M8.0
boot directory onto 9.2.1 to boot off from once install is done?
Yes and no - use our all.gz and kernel for the install. There are other
kernels and initrd images:
initrd-2.2.19-14mdk.img vmlinuz-2.2.19-14mdk
initrd-2.4.4-6.2mdk.img vmlinuz-2.4.4-6.2mdk
in misc/BootX-kernels, you should use the boot the running system.
Q. Is all.gz and all-2.2.gz both 2.2 kernel based? Is vmlinux and
vmlinux-2.2 both based on 2.2 kernel? If so, where can I get 2.4 kernel
and support?
No 2.2 is 2.2.19 based, the plain ones are 2.4.4 based
Q. Do you know what video options I have to give for the Wallstreet? I
didn't give BootX any when I installed YDL2.0..
Don't know off the top of my head. The installer uses Xpmac for the
graphical install. Initially I would try it as you have it set, second
try novideo.
TIA, hope you don't get tired answering my querries
No problem - welcome aboard. ;^)
On Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 04:34 AM, Stew Benedict wrote:
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Mr Mac wrote:
Stew,
Thanks for the speedy response... I just ordered 8.0 from the Mandrake
site. I have downloaded the 2 cd's a couple of weeks ago. I feel the
$20.00 goes to further development of future Mandrake releases for PPC
platform. I have just upgraded 8.1 on all of my i86 based platforms
(Compaq Dell notebooks / HP Dell Workstations).
Thanks - hope to keep Mandrake PPC going.
Q. What wireless cards are supported by 8.0? Is the cisco aironet or
Orinoco wavelan supported? I have both and they work on MACOS9.2.1..
Have yet to make them work on OS X I run most my systems at home
wireless
Q. Where can I find documentation for installing 8.0 on my Wallstreet
(old world rom)?... I believe I need to boot and install using BootX.
I think there is a little on BootX in the included doc I did on the CD
image. Essentially you need a kernel from /boot annd all.gz as a
ramdisk,
and then try using the options you'll see in yaboot.conf in /boot.
32000 for ramdisk size and whatever video options may be appropriate. I
haven't heard from anyone on here with a Wallstreet.
I currently triple boot off my Wallstreet... MACOS 9.2.1, OS X and YDL
2.0 (BootX installed on 9.2.1 to boot YDL2.0) Although I also
bought YDL2.0 release, I haven't had much luck at YDL 2.0 support and
since I am more familiar with Mandrake... I would like to move and
migrate towards this release instead of upgrading to YDL 2.1...
Q. Will I be able to install over my YDL 2.0 partition (hda13) without
jeopardizing my 9.21 (hda10) and X(hda9) installs?
You should be able to. Most folks have installed fine with various
flavors
of MacOS on the machine, myself included. That's not to say there
hasn't
been anyone that hasn't had a problem. LinuxPPC onthe drive seems to
give
the most problems, as they use a slightly different boot methodology
that
seems to confuse the installer.
If all goes well, 8.0 will be installed on my Prismo 400 and TI G4 500
as well... Both still sit on MACOS 9.2.1
Any help and tips on installing all all my PPC platforms will be
greatly
appreciated.
If you check out the archives
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc
You may pick up some specific tips for your machines, as well as Phil's
FAQ in my sig at the bottom.
If this the wrong list for me to ask, please direct me to the right
list
Nope - this list is sort of dual purpose. Ongoing user support and
marching ahead to the next version. Posting here is fine.
Stew Benedict
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PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
Stew Benedict
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MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/
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