[TriLUG] yellow dog (old world)

[Cristobal Palmer]

Found what I was looking for:

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch04s05.html.en

If somebody asks for help on this again, have him/her google within
www.debian.org for "bootx" to get that.

-CMP

On 11/10/05, Ian Meyer <ianmeyer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> While that may correspond, its not the defining factor in the
> difference between Old and New World Macs, the difference is a major
> change in the ROM organization, and introduction of Open Firmware.
> (yea, there are some Old World macs with early versions of OF on
> them, like my Apple Network Server, but I digress...)
>
> For a little more information on the structural and technical
> differences, if you're curious, check this out: http://
> developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1167.html
>
> ~ian
>
> ps: anyone want to mess with a PowerMac 5400 (all-in-one, pre-G3), or
> an Apple Network Server?
>
> On Nov 10, 2005, at 8:09 AM, Jason Faulkner wrote:
>
> > Old world --> new world changover point is this:
> >
> > If it has a floppy, it's oldworld.
> > If not, it's newworld.
> >
> > --Jay
> >
> > On 11/10/05, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 11/9/05, burnett at pobox.com <burnett at pobox.com> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> >>
> >>>> So my real question is: does anybody on the list have an "old
> >>>> world"
> >>>> mac? If so, have you tried putting Linux on it? What'd you put
> >>>> on it?
> >>>> I've got one under the futon that needs to be resurrected.
> >>>
> >>> Yellow Dog Linux Champion Server 1.1 installed fine on my "Wall
> >>> Street"
> >>> model Powerbook, G3 / 300MHz, summer 1999, as I recall.
> >>
> >> The kids these days! <G>
> >>
> >> So I guess that an "old world" mac is one which is running a G3.
> >>
> >> What do you call the old 680x0 macs?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rick DeNatale
> >>
> >> Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site
> >> http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/
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> > Jason Faulkner
> > ------------------------
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Cristobal M. Palmer
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