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Re: Yaboot on Powermac G3 B&W



On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 06:29:26AM -0500, Juan Casero (FL FLC) wrote:
> You are absolutely correct.  Please see the following link for more
> details on this problem
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162046.  The disk
> was partitioned using the defaults available with the Anaconda installer
> on FC4 PPC.  It appears there is some problem with the way anaconda on
> FC4 PPC partitions disks on a  B&W G3 Mac.  I have been working with
> Linux on x86 since 1995 so I am most familiar with that architecture.
> This is my first attempt at Linux on another architecture other than x86
> and to say that it has been disappointing is an understatement.  I
> started with Linux (back in the days of kernel 1.3.12) when installing
> it alone was not a task for the faint of heart.  Over the years the
> installation methods for Linux on x86 have become so polished that I
> guess I got spoiled.  This is experience has been a rude awakening :-).

don't condemn PPC GNU/Linux in general just because Redhat has a
sloppy PPC product atm.  try a mature distro such as Debian GNU/Linux
or YellowDog.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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