Understood. Just got rather a chill up my spine at the wrong time. I had been following the discussion with interest, and even pitched my pennies up to the point where it appeared that neither USB/Firewire was supported.
Thanks, Bill, the color in my cheeks is returning. I'm breathing again... :-) Your understanding and explanation is deeply appreciated. On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:49:11 -0600 Bill Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Booting from firewire/USB is a function of your machine. If your > machine can handle it, so can YDL. It'll just take a little > extra effort. > > We are discussing using the default Graphical Installer not > supporting direct installs to an external device (removing > the "extra effort" noted above). > > The original problem pertaining to software RAID is also a > point of this discussion. > > Clear enough? > > > On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:36:07 -0400, Derick Centeno > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Geez! What are you guys doing with MY favorite OS! > > > > Questions: > > Suppose something happens to my internal Powerbook DVD drive. I > > have an external unit which houses a Lightscribe drive with > > Firewire and USB ports. The situation is I've got to reinstall YDL > > 5, can I do it? > > > > Or will have to drop down and install YDL 3? I don't think YDL 3 > > knows what a powerbook 1.67 GHz system is nor does it know anything > > about Airport Extreme. Is there a different solution I'm missing? > > > > What about a different problem... my internal pb disk crashes. I've > > got plenty of drives running around, my internal DVD in the > > powerbook is ok. Now, can I do a fresh install of YDL 5 onto an > > external HD with either Firewire or USB ports and have it boot from > > that external disk? > > > > I recall running YDL 2 (or was it 3) by tranferring an internal HD > > to an external HD firewire enclosure. YDL 5 can't boot from either > > an external USB or Firewire enclosure? > > > > I'd like to be crystal clear on these points. > > > > Thanks for the response. > > > > Personally, I wouldn't mind that a decision was made to drop > > Firewire and support USB instead, but I'd like to know what my > > options are before an emergency comes up. I'd rather not wait to > > write to the list and await a solution since should any of the > > situations I presented happen ... I won't be able to send a notice > > at that time. > > > > So I hope that there is a solution... anyone?? > > > > On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:32:49 -0600 Aaron > > Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Unfortently yes, This feature is no longer supported. My > >> apologizes for any inconvince this may cause. > >> > >> Aaron > > > > > > ======== > > "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often > > think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in > > terms of music. ... I get most joy in life out of music." > > > > "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester > > Viereck," for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening > > Post. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > site:terrasoftsolutions.com' ======== "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. ... I get most joy in life out of music." "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck," for the October 26, 1929 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
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