Windows in the second partition?
Hi there all, I would like to install Windows in the second partition of my PowerBook G3. Do you any of you have a lead on performing this installation.? Tomas Note: A Windows emulator running on top of bamboo might be even better. It would be analogous to running Unix on top of Windows: link Thought for the the day: Would I have to repartition my G3 with a vfat partition?
JNI apps
PPC Developers, I have a small JNI application that I have developed in MacOS X. I have ported it over to both RedHat Linux and Windows 2000, In both cases it fails when it tries the load the shared-library with the native code. I have just read in the Mac documentation that the naming convention for the shared-library is non-standard in MacOS X and this is most likely the cause of the Linux and Windows failures. This new information has reminded me that I have not even attempted to port the over to Mandrake Linux for PPC. I have assumed that Java is not yet mature enough for JNI applications? Is this a correct assumption? If not, do I have to join the CLUB in order to port my JNI app over to Mandrake? (I ain't got no money to join the CLUB!) Tomas Taylor Below is the link to the website for the Pure Java version of the application: http://web2.airmail.net/tomaste/LogicCalc/LogicCalc.html I am using bamboo for website management and deployment of Java apps. Panther has just been released!
Re: PowerBook G4 12inch
Stew, In 9.3 could could Bamboo, if it's still called Bamboo then, detect configurations with special keyboards and adjust accordingly? Tomas ___ On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 09:34 AM, Craig Miller wrote: Stew Benedict wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, [iso-8859-1] Stuart Guthrie wrote: Hi Stew, My name is Stuart Guthrie and I'm subscribed to the PPC Mandrake Linux mailing list. I've been having a lot of problems installing Mandrake linux on my 12" PowerBook for some strange reason. I've tried doing it in text mode however there are incompatibilities with my keyboard (or something like that) because I'm unable to select the "I accept" button on the license agreement. Do you by any chance know of anyway that I can bypass this and simply install Linux? I do agree with all of the terms presented in the text. Also I have tried to boot into the old graphics installer by going install-gui gui-old graphics=nvidia (geforce 420go) however once everything starts up it is all unclear and fuzzy. What can I do? Sorry to hassle you. Yours truly, STuart Guthrie No hassle, that's why I'm here :) So TAB doesn't allow you to move from field to field in the text install? I suspect if you can't get past accepting the license, you'll have additional problems, because there are several screen in the install that will require you to move about the screen, in particular disk partitioning. Perhaps I am out in left field, but I had a similar problem with Suse PPC a while back, and it was a keyboard mapping problem. The situation was a little different in that I was able to install, but unable to use the system once it was booted (the mapping of the keyboard was _way_ bad, and I couldn't even log in). Perhaps Stuart should select a different keyboard (assuming he is getting that far) initially. I hope this helps, Craig...
Re: What year is it, anyway?
Pascal, My configuration is single boot MacOS on a PB G4 and single boot Linux on a PB G3. (I use Samba to exchange files in a 4GB HFS partition on the G4.) Does this mean I stuck in 1969 until Mandrake 9.3? Tomas ___ On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 10:06 AM, Pascal Gagnon wrote: Finally, ever since I installed Mandrake Linux I haven't been able toset the date. Bamboo thinks that it's 1969. Is there a way to letBamboo know that it's really 2003. You can boot once with MacOS and change the date and time. I never had much luck changing the date under linux/ppc. Pascal
What year is it, anyway?
Howdy, Everytime I boot up the first thing I do is Log Out and Log back In as KDE. Is there a way to elimanate this extra step? Also I have corrupted KDE in a away that the tool bars are blank. As I point the cursor to them they change names as I move the cursor. How do I re-enble display of the tool bars? Finally, ever since I installed Mandrake Linux I haven't been able to set the date. Bamboo thinks that it's 1969. Is there a way to let Bamboo know that it's really 2003. Tomás hasta la victoria siempre! che
Re: do the samba!
Chris, I'm glad that the future holds for us a much better way of do this samba. I don't know if your interested not, but I have attached the BASH script of the very first step. Who knows, history may has been made with this first step for our mac-to-mac samba (tango). cmds Description: Binary data Tomás Note: There just ain't that many folks out there with hfs partitions on their cougar systems. I had to repartition my drive with three partitions: HFS+, HFS, and empty (waiting for bamboo), then reinstall cougar from CD. I created the HFS partition for transfers between HFS+ and the future bamboo. Final Note: On the other hand, maybe lots of folks have HFS partitions and history was made long, long ago in a galaxy far, far way, Conclusion: I have decided against installing bamboo in that empty third partition. Just one bamboo is plenty for me. ___ On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 09:15 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Tomas Taylor wrote: Hi Chr I got cougar and bamboo doing the samba! I'm sure you are well aware, Linux understands *hfs* but not *hfs+. *It wasn't untill I made an *hfs partition* the *samba* *mountpoint* that *the dance began.* not completely true, there are patches, and a mdk club kernel that work with hfs+. After 9.2 is out I will upload it to ppc-cooker as well. d.
do the samba!
Hi Chris, I got cougar and bamboo doing the samba! I'm sure you are well aware, Linux understands hfs but not hfs+. It wasn't untill I made an hfs partition the samba mountpoint that the dance began. So please let everyone know that a requirement for a cougar/bamboo samba is an hfs partition. Thanks, Tomás Note: Next I am going down the bamboo komba path. If you have any words of wisdom to share with me, then please feel free to do so. glossary: cougar MacOS 10.2 - PowerBook G4 - server bamboo Mandrake Linux for PPC 9.1 - PowerBook G3 - client samba SMB - ethernet crossover komba KDE graphical interface to samba tango Mac-to-Mac samba Hello Tomas, With 10.2 and Mandrake, you will be better of to use Samba instead of AppleTalk. Please consider these URLs for information: OS X - http://xamba.sourceforge.net/ssp/index.shtml Linux - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html I hope this information helps. Thanks. Kind regards, __ Chris Slothouber Threshold Internet Solutions http://thresholdinternet.com ph: +1.888.762.6164 x84 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
do the samba!
Hi Chris, I got cougar and bamboo doing the samba! I'm sure you are well aware, Linux understands hfs but not hfs+. It wasn't untill I made an hfs partition the samba mountpoint that the dance began. So please let everyone know that a requirement for a cougar/bamboo samba is an hfs partition. Thanks, Tomás Note: Next I am going down the bamboo komba path. If you have any words of wisdom to share with me, then please feel free to do so. glossary: cougar MacOS 10.2 - PowerBook G4 - server bamboo Mandrake Linux for PPC 9.1 - PowerBook G3 - client samba SMB - ethernet crossover komba KDE graphical interface to samba tango Mac-to-Mac samba Hello Tomas, With 10.2 and Mandrake, you will be better of to use Samba instead of AppleTalk. Please consider these URLs for information: OS X - http://xamba.sourceforge.net/ssp/index.shtml Linux - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html I hope this information helps. Thanks. Kind regards, __ Chris Slothouber Threshold Internet Solutions http://thresholdinternet.com ph: +1.888.762.6164 x84 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Fwd: [Netatalk-admins] Linux to MacOS
For your information: __ Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Slothouber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue Sep 16, 2003 4:01:20 PM US/Central To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Netatalk-admins] Linux to MacOS On 2003-09-16 16:27, "Tomas Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there, I have an ethernet cossover between Mandrake Linux for PPC 9.1 on a PowerBook G3 and MacOS 10.2 on a PowerBook G4. The first question I have is do I need to install natatalk on both laptops or just one? Are there any special installation instructions, flag usage, etc that I should know about? Thanks, Tomas Taylor Hello Tomas, With 10.2 and Mandrake, you will be better of to use Samba instead of AppleTalk. Please consider these URLs for information: OS X - http://xamba.sourceforge.net/ssp/index.shtml Linux - http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html I hope this information helps. Thanks. Kind regards, __ Chris Slothouber Threshold Internet Solutions http://thresholdinternet.com ph: +1.888.762.6164 x84 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ Netatalk-admins mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/netatalk-admins
Linux-MacOS Ethernet Crossover - text version
Daouda, Before I give you verbose background, let me ask you a simple question. When I click on *Connection** *in* Rfbdrake 0.8.2* the window disappears. Does that mean a failure or a success? At the highest level I am developing Java applications on MacOS 10.2 using a PowerBook G4. I am using Bamboo on a PowerBook G3 for deployment of these Java apps. I prefer the GNU license. For each release from MacOS to Bamboo, rather burning a CD, I would like for Bamboo to connect to the Mac and grab the new release with a drag and drop operation. The PowerBook G3 had MacOS 8.6 on it, until two weeks ago when I overwrote it with Bamboo. In the previous configuration, the 10.2 to 8.6 ethernet crossover worked great. MacOS 8.6 was the server with MacOS 10.2 as the client. When I connected from 10.2 to 8.6, I would login as *guest *and the icon for the harddrive on 8.6 would pop-up on my desktop. Draging and dropping was a breeze. Turning on *file sharing* on 8.6 was a requirement. In the new configuration I am swapping the client/server relationship. I have discovered that with 10.2 as a server I also have to turn on *internet sharing*. The way I determined this was by observing the ethernet connecting during Bamboo boot. With *internet sharing* *off** *there is a long delay. With it *on *there is a short delay, as if some kind of connection was made. Any information that you can give about releasing Java applications from MacOS to Bamboo over the ethernet crossover would be appreciated. I would like for the icon for the harddrive on MacOS to pop-up on my Bamboo desktop. Thanks, Tomás Taylor, Austin, Texas _ Note: Linux knows about HFS but doesn't know about HFS+. I have a 4GB partition in HFS file format on the G4. I might have to connect to this second partition? My third 16GB partition is empty, waiting for a posible dual boot system. If I went ahead and installed Bamboo in this third partition of the G4, then I could configure a Bamboo-to-Bamboo ethernet and maybe drag and drop releases from the HFS partition to Bamboo on the G3. (I would just put my Java projects in the HFS partition to begin with.) ___ Final Questions: Is there a way on a G4 Bamboo boot to configure the ethernet as a server rather than a client? Or after booting to perform this configuation? In MacOS 10.2 I just turn *internet sharing **on *to configure the G4 as a server. On the G4 Bamboo could I just use the *server* option in *Rfbdrake 0.8.2? *Which Bamboo would I boot up first?
Linux-MacOS Ethernet Crossover
Daouda, Before I give you verbose background, let me ask you a simple question. When I click on Connection in Rfbdrake 0.8.2 the window disappears. Does that mean a failure or a success? At the highest level I am developing Java applications on MacOS 10.2 using a PowerBook G4. I am using Bamboo on a PowerBook G3 for deployment of these Java apps. I prefer the GNU license. For each release from MacOS to Bamboo, rather burning a CD, I would like for Bamboo to connect to the Mac and grab the new release with a drag and drop operation. The PowerBook G3 had MacOS 8.6 on it, until two weeks ago when I overwrote it with Bamboo. In the previous configuration, the 10.2 to 8.6 ethernet crossover worked great. MacOS 8.6 was the server with MacOS 10.2 as the client. When I connected from 10.2 to 8.6, I would login as guest and the icon for the harddrive on 8.6 would pop-up on my desktop. Draging and dropping was a breeze. Turning on file sharing on 8.6 was a requirement. In the new configuration I am swapping the client/server relationship. I have discovered that with 10.2 as a server I also have to turn on internet sharing. The way I determined this was by observing the ethernet connecting during Bamboo boot. With internet sharing off there is a long delay. With it on there is a short delay, as if some kind of connection was made. Any information that you can give about releasing Java applications from MacOS to Bamboo over the ethernet crossover would be appreciated. I would like for the icon for the harddrive on MacOS to pop-up on my Bamboo desktop. Thanks, Tomás Taylor, Austin, Texas _ Note: Linux knows about HFS but doesn't know about HFS+. I have a 4GB partition in HFS file format on the G4. I might have to connect to this second partition? My third 16GB partition is empty, waiting for a posible dual boot system. If I went ahead and installed Bamboo in this third partition of the G4, then I could configure a Bamboo-to-Bamboo ethernet and maybe drag and drop releases from the HFS partition to Bamboo on the G3. (I would just put my Java projects in the HFS partition to begin with.) ___ Final Questions: Is there a way on a G4 Bamboo boot to configure the ethernet as a server rather than a client? Or after booting to perform this configuation? In MacOS 10.2 I just turn internet sharing on to configure the G4 as a server. On the G4 Bamboo could I just use the server option in Rfbdrake 0.8.2? Which Bamboo would I boot up first?
What about the other PowerBook Users?
PPC Linux Cookers, I hope I haven't offended anyone by doing a full Mandrake Update on my first connect. Now this is important information for current and new Bamboo users that have just installed Bamboo on a PowerBook. Someplace in the installation instructions it should say that by buying a straight-through ethernet cable, one will have access to high-speed internetting. My experience at the coffee shop is that it is analogous to being connected with a high speed wireless connection. Who at Mandrake should I relay this information to, so it will eventually wind up in the installation instructions? Tomas Note: For PowerBook users, buying an ethernet cable is an integral component of the installation process. (Unless slow-speed is sufficient speed?)
Successful Mandrake Update
Hi there This is how I did an update: * went out and bought a non-crossover ethernet cable * physically connected to an ethernet at a nearby coffee shop * on boot, Bamboo automatically connected to the ethernet * performed the update * the battery ran down before trying out browsers Tomás
Installation Progress 9-7-03
Mounting the ZIP disk It takes two mounts. First time it gives the error: "can't read superblock." The second time it mounts. But I don't get an icon on the desktop. The command is: mount -t hfs /dev/hcd4 /mnt/cdrom. I made a ext2 file system on a ZIP an copied a file to it (the BASH man page text). I can read it fine from BASH with a cat, but no desktop access. I have discovered that while in MacOS, I can change drives while the system is running, I am better off, in Linux, to Shutdown first. So, on reboot, Bamboo discovers that I have swapped drives and reconfigures appropriately. The Hardware profiler shows it as a ZIP Drive: /dev/hdc and the desktop cdrom is gone. In the Boot section of Control Center one can create a "Boot Disk", so I'm thinking of making a bootable ZIP disk for emergencies and for running fsck, but with a bunch of extra stuff on it. For making CD images one uses ISO, what is used for ZIP images? ___ The trackpad is to sensitive Using Bamboo is so much more pleasant without the fast tracking. Thanks, Carl. How does one unmount a CD from graphics interface? Discovering F12 is a huge help. Thanks, cvmiller __ Connecting to the Internet This seems to be the major outstanding problem. I'm anxious to do a Linux Update. __
Installation - PowerBook G3
Howdy, First of all, I was impatient a few days ago and I apologize. __ So I go into the Terminal and type this command: ls -l /dev/tty* Now all these tty's are and ; except for one, that's colored and . It's that is linked to Do these colors have anything to do with why I can't connect? (Or is it just staying, "Oh, this the one you have.") How does one unmount a CD from graphics interface? When I replace CD drive with a ZIP drive in the expansion bay, Bamboo knows that the ZIP drive is there. I can hear the heads moving and it sometimes does a self-eject. I found the ZIP drive in the Hardware utilitiy and tried a mount on both addresses it gave me: and /dev/ide/host9/bus1/target0/lun0/part4. It's a Iomega ZIP 100 ATAPI. How does one mount it? Does an ICON appear on the desktop on an insert to the drive? How does one set the K Desktop Environment as the default Desktop? _ Whatever the network protocols are used for ethernetting a PC to a PC using a crossover cable, would be similar to a Mac to Mac ethernet connection (especially when they are both running UNIX.) __ The trackpad is to sensitive. How does one adjust the speed? __ Which scan disk utility is recommended? ___ Tomás de Tejas
Re: Modem Configuration
Stew, Thanks alot for this important information. I have had MacOS X for a number of months. I have yet to figure out the dual-password system: a password for the Graphic interface and a second password for Terminal interface. I still don't know how to become a superuser from Darwin. What's the password? I just discovered Konsole - Super User Mode. Will you please tell me the default password is and how to change password from Terminal interface? (I know from doing this in RedHat that the # in the prompt means superuser.) Thanks, Tomas - On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 02:26 PM, Stew Benedict wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# modprobe macserial [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dmesg | grep tty tty00 at 0xd5a52020 (irq = 15) is a Z8530 ESCC (internal modem) tty01 at 0xd5a59000 (irq = 16) is a Z8530 ESCC (IrDA) add an alias if this grants access to your modem in /etc/modules.conf: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# grep serial /etc/modules.conf alias serial macserial If the programs only accept /dev/modem, you may to make a symlink for the device: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ls -l /dev/modem lr-xr-xr-x1 root root5 Sep 3 18:40 /dev/modem -> ttyS0 -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Modem Configuration
Hi there, Thanks for the feedback on ethernetting. I'm going to postpone that project until I get Java and gcc up, spattered with some JNI. It seems I just have to find a free server for MacOS X. (On the other hand the MacOS 8.6 functions great as a server without server software!) For the short term, all of my development files will fit on one CD. ___ The immediate problem is modem configuration: The gnome-ppc gives this error: The pppd daemon died unexpectedly. kppp goes like this: kppp can not find: /dev/modem Please make sure you have setup your modem device properly and/or adjust the location of the modem device on the modem tab of the setup dialog. Hardware of Control Center shows five PCI devices on the PowerBook G3. I can do some research to find out which PCI device is the modem. If you would like this information let me know. I didn't look real hard, but I didn't see any help or links to Modem Configuration? Tomás
Re: Dual PowerBooks
Hello, I was not clear at all. I am overwriting MacOS 8.6 with Linux 9.1 on the G3. I installed it and it works! Thanks alot. Using a "crossover" cable, I had my G3 and G4 in an Ethernet: with the G3 as the server and the G4 as the client. So now I want to setup a new Ethernet with the G4 as the server and the G3 as a client. If anyone can give me hints on configuring Ethernet I would appreciate it. thanks, tomas On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 02:39 PM, Stew Benedict wrote: On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Tomas Taylor wrote: Hello All, I have changed my mind. I don't want Linux on my G4 after all. Instead I want it on my PowerBook G3. This way I'll have a separate laptop for each platform. The 4GB hard drive easily fit on the 40GB G4 and OS9 will run all of it. I imported all my mail stuff into my browser. Do I have to do anything else to prepare my G3 for a Linux install? Having free space on the drive is key. If you don't you'll bump into warnings about not being able to create bootstrap, etc. Also "Erase All" probably should have been completely disabled on PPC. Macs use the 1st partition to store the partition table itself, so you end up losing the partition table as well as the bootstrap, if it had room to be created. Best plan is to resize the partition in MacOS initially, and leave some space (probably at least 2GB) unallocated for Linux. If you want a Linux only system, then either remove the partition in MacOS and leave everything free or delete it in diskdrake. You'll probably then either want to reboot/restart, or if you're comfortable enough with partitioning, manually redo the bootstrap and format it. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Dual PowerBooks
Hello All, I have changed my mind. I don't want Linux on my G4 after all. Instead I want it on my PowerBook G3. This way I'll have a separate laptop for each platform. The 4GB hard drive easily fit on the 40GB G4 and OS9 will run all of it. I imported all my mail stuff into my browser. Do I have to do anything else to prepare my G3 for a Linux install? Tomas Taylor, Austin, TX P.S. Now all I need is a "bootstrap partition" to "Erase entire disk"
What's Next?
Hi there folks, I got to the point where it says: Which disk/scsi driver should I try? Any idea which driver is in a PowerBook G4? Or how to find out? Tomas Taylor
[Fwd: [Fwd: defragmentation]]
Original Message Subject: [Fwd: defragmentation] Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 14:40:30 -0500 From: Tomas Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: defragmentation Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:25:39 -0500 From: Tomas Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi there, A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. If there is a free utility for the defrag then I won't open box and just send it back. Also I read this message that Google sent me to saying that in the middle of Speed Disk, the OS goes to sleep and never comes? I hope that utilities exist for defragmentation that don't go to sleep in middle or at least can recover from it. Tomas Taylor
defragmentation
Hi there, A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities 8.0 My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into equal partitions. If there is a free utility for the defrag then I won't open box and just send it back. Also I read this message that Google sent me to saying that in the middle of Speed Disk, the OS goes to sleep and never comes? I hope that utilities exist for defragmentation that don't go to sleep in middle or at least can recover from it. Tomas Taylor
