[CUBE] linux?

[Richard Clark]

i was running linux ppc on my cube for a while.
On Sunday, Feb 2, 2003, at 20:41 Europe/Rome, Riba wrote:

>> Anyone running linux on their cube?  If so can you recommend the best 
>> distribution?  I'm aware of yellowdog, but I assume there are others? 
>>  My cube has a radeon video card if that makes a difference (not sure 
>> which cards are supported).
>>
>> Would it be better to make a partition for linux (and swap?) on my 
>> cube's hard drive?  or to use an external (firewire) hard drive?
>
> I was running it in the past and at the moment have it on Powerbook 
> Lombard.
> The most hassle free distribution is Yellow Dog. These folks are 
> commited to PPC and that's what they do best, especially when you need 
> support and help. There is also Debian (haven't tried that one), 
> Mandrake (lagging behind other releases), and SuSe (not free).
> Yellow dog just needs some free unpartitioned space and it will create 
> required partitions during the install. That is about your only option 
> because none of the distributions support booting from the external 
> firewire drive.
>
>
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