[Gllug] Yellow Dog/SuSE/Debian????? & Mac 7300/200

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what about download accelerator from downloads.com 
I used this to download various iso images, or video lectures. It's
fast(er) and fairly reliable.


On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 04:08:57PM -0000, Harvey Kelly wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Argh. Gnash. Grrr.
> 
> After watching an approx 650mb iso image download here (not at home). 
> IE 
> (for pity's sake) just died.
> 
> Could anyone sort me out with some Yellow Dog/SuSE/Debian PPC CDs? 
> I'll 
> reimburse obviously, but this would be really helpful.
> 
> I have to say this:  IE.  Honestly, why am I surprised, you couldn't
> make this up 
> could you? It was about 10-5mb short before it died.
> 
> It sounds like Linux-advocacy, which IE inadvertently is I guess.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Harvey
> 
> -------------------
> >Thanks,
> >
> >I'll let you know how I get on.  Spare evening tomorrow - so let's
> >see, I'll be 
> >posting Friday night / Saturday morning in between pulling my hair
> >out...
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Harvey
> >
> >-------------------
> >>On Tuesday 17 February 2004 19:07, Harvey Kelly wrote:
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>> I've been given an old Macintosh 7300/200 and would be grateful if
> >>> anyone with
> >>> experience of installing/running/kicking it with YellowDog would
> >let
> >>> me know of
> >>> anything to look out for - I have no idea about Mac hardware for
> >>> example, so recompiling a kernel seems a bad idea.
> >>
> >>Only have experience with an old ibook, but if anything it looks
> like
> >Linux 
> >>runs smoother on PPC than x86 (fewer hardware combinations must
> >help).
> >>
> >>I've installed two versions, and YellowDog's recent releases seemed
> >to install 
> >>flawlessly for me over the top of an old LinuxPPC. Toughest thing
> >with the 
> >>original install was getting the bootloader to work - plenty of
> >voodoo 
> >>involved first time around. YDL seemed to install over the top of it
> >smooth 
> >>as silk though, so I might just have been an early adopter.
> >>
> >>My recommendation - read the READMEs, and then do so again.
> >>-- 
> >>  Richard Huxton
> >>  Archonet Ltd
> >>
> >
> >Harvey Kelly
> >mailto:harvey.kelly at kcl.ac.uk 
> 
> Harvey Kelly
> mailto:harvey.kelly at kcl.ac.uk 
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