Re: Curious about PPC
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Plus, I haven't figured out how to play DVDs,
> although apparently some have. For me it's just not that urgent.
Setting up DVD was extremely easy! I was so surprised at how easy it was. I
went to the LDP website, and looked at the DVD HOWTO. All I did was follow
these instructions: [1], and then apt-get install <dvd-player> (I like ogle).
My default kernel didn't have a problem either (2.2.21rc3).
> > Forgive me for asking this on this list, but what about Yellow Dog
> > Linux? They have ported apt, but I don't really like rpms and Red Hat,
> > which YDL is based on. Still, their distro looks impressive.
>
> In my experience setting up Debian was a royal pain, but it paid off
> handsomely. It really wows people when I bring it to the office. ;)
The only thing I think was a major pain was dealing with yaboot/ybin. It's
scary setting a dual-boot system and playing with OF like that. I wish there
was a MacOS applescript (or something written in python! [2]) to make the
necessary adjustments on the Mac side before you attempt to boot into Linux
the first time...
Russell
[1] Using raw I/O is recommended, but not necessary. If they do not exist,
create two devices as follows:
# mknod /dev/rawctl c 162 0
# mknod /dev/raw1 c 162 1
One last thing to do. OMS needs /dev/dvd to be a symlink to where your DVD
drive resides, such as /dev/hdb1 or /dev/scd0. If it is at /dev/cdrom, you
would create the link by typing:
# ln -s /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd
It is generally a good idea not to make a symlink to a symlink, because it
adds unnecessary I/O. Replace /dev/cdrom with the correct device that your
dvd drive is on.
[2] Yes, there is a version of python for the Mac. Mac-Python... :-)
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