Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (905 mails)

["Larry Stotler" <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Richard (MQ) <osl2008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Same machine as in last week's mails - 450MHz PPC cpu, 512M RAM

Duh.  Sorry, didn't look at the name.....

> I think I will try repeating the installation with only 1 stick of RAM -
> mainly to check that it will work with that amount. Then I'll look out
> for the same behaviour.

Unfortunately, the isn't a version of memtest for the ppc.....

> Am I right in thinking that a "Wallstreet" is essentially the same beast
> as my G3, but as a laptop? Probably some important differences under the
> cover though.

In a few ways.  The Wallstreet is the same as the G3 Beige or All in
One machines.  They are old world machines.  The iMac is New World.
Has 100Mhz bus(vs 66 for Wallstreet) and maxes at 1GB RAM.  Here's a
spec sheet for you machine:

http://lowendmac.com/imacs/450-mhz-imac-g3-2000.html

Here's mine:

http://lowendmac.com/pb2/wallstreet-powerbook-g3-ii.html

> Another thing to look out for when I repeat the installation. I may try
> to use an external USB drive this time, I know it's only the slowest
> incarnation of that bus, but I want to see if it will fly.
>
> > > Only other thing I noticed was the ever-changing DHCP addresses noted
> > > elsewhere - happens on PPC / iMac too!
> >
> > Haven't noticed that on SuSE.  Have seen it on Fedora 8 though.  Ended
> > up just assigning an IP for that box.  Maybe it's a kernel problem.
>
> Either way it seems not to be specific to PPC.
> --
> Cheers
> Richard (MQ).
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