[K12OSN] Slightly OT- installing Yellow Dog

[Keith Olson]

Eh.  That's what duct tape & old glare screens are for.  <G>

Keith Olson
K-Soft Consulting

Andrew Fisk wrote:

> Too many holes to make a good aquarium  -- you need the old all in  
> one design or maybe an i-mac.
>
>
> Andy
> Spitfire Computer Services
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> On Sep 20, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Keith Olson wrote:
>
>> .....or you could use it as a funky aquarium.....<G>
>>
>> Keith Olson
>> K-Soft Consulting
>>
>> Andrew Fisk wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Are you using an Apple brand keyboard -- if not wait till you get  
>>> the  happy mac icon at startup before holding down the C -- some  
>>> third  party keyboards seem to confuse the Mac
>>>
>>> Other thoughts -- do you have the hard drive set as your startup  
>>> disk  -- just like on an intel box -- if you tell it to boot from  a 
>>> hard  drive it won't boot from CD -- you might even try  specifying 
>>> the CD  as your boot disk.
>>>
>>> Last but not least the tried and true zap the parameter ram (turn  
>>> the  machine on while holding down Command - option -- P - R) and  
>>> wait for  the startup chimes to sound again then try the C option  
>>> again.
>>>
>>> If none of that works you might want to unplug the internal drive  
>>> and  make sure your CD will boot the machine
>>>
>>> Last but not least -- the boat anchor suggestion has merit
>>>
>>>
>>> Andy
>>> Spitfire Computer Services
>>> 441 Beaver Street
>>> Suite 202
>>> Sewickley, PA 15143
>>> Phone (412) 749-0162
>>> Fax: (412) 749-0203
>>> andy at spitcomp.com
>>> www.spitcomp.com
>>>
>>> On Sep 20, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Eric Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> A while back, I asked questions on getting a beige Mac G3 to   
>>>> netboot off of
>>>> K12LTSP 4.4.0.  I found out that I couldn't.
>>>>
>>>> The suggestion was to try to install Yellow Dog Linux, and have  
>>>> it  work with
>>>> the server.  I've burned YD 4.0.1 to cd, stuck it in the CD,   
>>>> shutdown, start
>>>> while holding down the C key, and the machine still boots into   
>>>> OS9.  I have
>>>> a rather large bias against Macs, and this is proving everything   
>>>> I've always
>>>> thougth to be true.  I'd like to make this a usable machine.  Any
>>>> suggestions would be greatly appricated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>> Viva la Open Source!
>>>>
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