Hi Bill: Basic points of information: Official TSS support for BootX ended after YDL 3.0.1. This is why it is only available from YDL versions 2 and 3/3.0.1. This also explains why members of this community who've been pitching in to assist you have information regarding using it with more current versions of YDL and the official TSS website does not. The information is published on the TSS lists and it's archives - so people like us can refer to past published information and ask new ones -- but all this is voluntary effort.
And like all other voluntary efforts the instructions how to do a task or resolve a problem -- especially on Old World systems (but this may be true for anything else) -- will vary greatly. Regarding use of BootX with more current versions of YDL, the instructions reside with those individuals who may or may not choose to share what they know, have done , resolved or discovered. Of course, when and if a choice is made to publish something on these lists -- everyone benefits. Regarding "technobabble" -- in Linux (as in any Unix) some terms and concepts are unavoidable. If there is a concept, term or something else you are stuck on please feel comfortable to ask. No one individual knows everything, but the effort to reach out and share or ask -- really helps minimize the often very challenging and difficult environment all around us. So ask, and someone will answer. Best wishes... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Perrotta wrote: > i have two pmacs one will be for me though so i'd like to solve the > problem anyway. > Is there anywhere i can get the ydl 4 install in english instead of > techno babble? > Why don't they detail how to set bootx to boot the new kernel i guess > i'm just supposed to know this? > > */Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > On 27/10/06, Bill Perrotta wrote: > > I am putting this pmac together for someone who doesn't have a > computer. > > The yellow dog forum suggests a way to modify bootx to work with > ydl 4. I > > might have to do get version 4 installed first then install > klash. The > > moderator on ydl forum is talking about posting ydl tutorials. I > suggested > > one for installing ydl on old world macs and one for klash. > > Hi Bill, that's a commendable activity of yours! > > I presume the recipient is not exactly the most computer-literate of > people. In this case, you may find that having the fake Flash is FAR > worse than having no Flash at all. Klash is undoubtedly quite unstable > and will only run the bare minimum of code. > > In this case, you may find that a Flash web site will bring Firefox to > a grinding halt, rather than simply not working or redirecting the > user to an HTML-only version. It's probably better not to support > Flash at all than to do it half-assed (since 99.9% of Flash developers > do a half-assed job anyway). > > Depending on what they want to do with their computer, you may be far > better off installing Mac OS 9 onto the computer. > > If all they're doing is browsing, e-mailing and printing, you'll be > fine with YDL. If they want to do _anything_ more (particularly using > peripherals) make sure you check to see if the peripherals or actions > work without intervention. > > You will probably need to write the user a short 'how to' on how to > mount/unmount/eject CDs and floppy disks. > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited Try it today. > <http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
