Dear Derick,
I apologize for not being clearer.
I originally meant to install 4.0.1 on my 3400c but thanks to you I
realized this was not possible. After finally burning the CDs
correctly, I installed 4.0.1 on my iBook running Mac OSX 10.4.2. This
was very simple for me and has been running like a dream.
Daily I seem to keep learning more from both trial and error and
your emails. What I am having trouble with now is my 3400c. I have a
minimal install of Mac OS 8.5 on it. I got BootX working finally and
am able to get it to start booting from the 3.0.1 CD to install.
However I am getting errors when trying this. It does not always stop
at the same point, but I have gotten various messages before it
stopped including most often "I can't recover from this" and "Warning
unable to open an initial console" and "Will reboot in 180 seconds".
I have been trying to access the site you mention on my iBook,
but keep getting this error when trying: Safari can’t open the page
“http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/start” because it could not
connect to the server “www.sharplabs.com”. yet I can got to
www.sharplabs.com just fine!
I will try going to in in Firefox after I get it from Yum thanks
to your help! Thank you again Derick!
In Christ,
Deacon Nikolai
http://www.Stanosheck.com
On Aug 8, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Derick Centeno wrote:
Dear Deacon:
As usual the dance of complexity is already developing and soon you
will have your own little private twister (or tornado)! Judging
from the nature of the questions, perhaps this is happening already.
If you read carefully what I wrote previously I was very specific
with what OS, BootX was associated with. BootX was designed to be
used as a Control Panel application and therefore can only work
with Classic OS, which means Mac OS 9 & LOWER.
MacOS X doesn't need BootX at all. Also I believe I stated that
YDL 4 and higher was designed for Mac OS X only. I also stated
that the earlier versions of YDL are optimized for Macs using the
Classic OS.
The PB 3400 may have originally come with MacOS 8 or 8.5. In any
case, it is considered a Classic OS and will need BootX installed
as a Control Panel. All you need to do is find BootX on the first
CD of YDL 3.0 and while within the MacOS copy BootX from YDL
Install Disk 1 and drop BootX onto the System Folder of the Classic
Mac OS. Only after BootX is properly installed in the System
Folder then you must follow the other directions provided regarding
setting up BootX, such as copying the Linux kernel into a Folder
where BootX can see it, set up your video, set up the RAM disk for
Linux to use and bootup from, and not much more than that. These
are just some of the preparations necessary to be done within the
Classic OS BEFORE you attempt running YDL. Installing YDL ALSO
requires the use of BootX, but this time for this situation, BootX
has different settings. What settings are necessary for which task
and at what point are included (review the READ ME file carefully)
on the first YDL installation disk of YDL 2.0 and YDL 3.0; if you
can't find it (the READ ME), then do a search on Google for more
information on BootX.
Believe me Deacon, there are other ways of doing Linux, I'm merely
narrowing the possibilities of discussion so I don't rewrite
Wikipedia!
After implementing these preliminary procedures with BootX, then
you will then find booting into Linux through BootX to be something
you get used to.
Let's imagine (I hope sincerely this can eventually happen for you,
but right now let's use imagination) you are in Linux and finally
can see the Linux Desktop. You will find the Kicker (not quite the
same as the Windows taskbar, experience will show you why) and all
other applications of your interest or that you could be interested
in. If Firefox is not installed you can install it using yum. The
command sequence is:
yum install firefox
This applies to any application you may wish to install.
You can also check using yum to see if there is a ppc version of
the application of your interest. You want to check flash, then do:
yum search flash
then yum will list what it finds. IF it finds flash then it can
also install it for you
yum install flash
Of course, that's the easy part.
There is a file (yum.conf) which yum refers to which needs to be
updated so that it references and searches the most useful, current
and useable libraries (called repositories).
It is up to you to do that. Although others have done this before
and put together there experiences and knowledge onto the YDL FAQ
pages.
I don't know if you can access this information resource, the
Yellow Dog Linux Frequently Asked Questions (YDL FAQ) pages but if
you can, study it. Many of your questions which I merely skimmed
over here, are addressed there in more detail:
http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/start
Although Thunderbird is ok. I found the application called
Evolution far more flexible and useful. It functions more like Now
Contact and Now Up to Date as well as an email program with
encryption/decryption capability, and very many other things. As
much as I like how OS X does things, I do miss Evolution. I know
some people enjoy xmms, but you really out to try xine and
implement the GOOM application within it.
Best wishes...
On Aug 7, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Deacon Nikolai wrote:
Dear Derick,
Thank you again. Both for your help and honesty of the
situation. I
finally figured out how to burn the ISOs correctly on my other
Mac, an
iBook that is running Mac OS X 10.4. I am actually using that
iBook with
YDL 4.0.1 installed on a small partition. I also found some 3.0.l
ISOs
and burned them to CDs.
In the past I actually had this 3400c (by using some major hacks)
running 9.2.2! It really slowed things down though. I think I was as
happiest with 9.2.1.
Anyway, where is the best place to put BootX in the Mac OS X
folder
hierarchy when I add it to my 3400c? Without it, my 3400c does not
seem
to recognize the 3.0.1 CDs as a start up disk. Should this be
expected?
One more total newbie question. How do I install Firefox and
Thunderbird? I am not sure how to use YUM or get updated or new
software. Also is is possible to install Flash?
Thanks again for all the help!
In Christ,
Deacon Nikolai
http://www.Stanosheck.com
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