Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

2005-10-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 10:33:32AM -0700, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > So perhaps the statement needs to be something like > > "For users of the powerpc flavour a 2.4 kernel is also provided to > support Amiga Power-UP (apus) systems, and as a fall back for users > with external kernel modules that are

Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

2005-10-23 Thread Shyamal Prasad
> "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 07:24:23PM -0700, Shyamal Prasad Sven> wrote: >> the G4) you also have the option of choosing a 2.4 kernel in >> case your hardware is really old. However most hardware built >> after 2001 sho

Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

2005-10-23 Thread Shyamal Prasad
> "Rogério" == Rogério Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rogério> On Oct 22 2005, Shyamal Prasad wrote: >> as +little as 600 to 700M for a really basic system, but you'll Rogério> I question the 600 to 700M figures for a "really basic Rogério> system". I think that these numbe

Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

2005-10-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 07:24:23PM -0700, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > Hi all, > > http://www.us.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac is quite out of > date. I use new Mac hardware (G5), and have little experience with > minimal installs of Debian since potato. Comments on the patch below > would be a

Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

2005-10-22 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 07:24:23PM -0700, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > http://www.us.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/pmac is quite out of > date. I use new Mac hardware (G5), and have little experience with > minimal installs of Debian since potato. Comments on the patch below > would be appreciate

Re: Feedback on patch to PowerPC ports pmac page requested

2005-10-22 Thread Rogério Brito
On Oct 22 2005, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > +1G is probably a realistic minimum disk space required for an > +experimental Linux system. You might get by with less, perhaps as > +little as 600 to 700M for a really basic system, but you'll more than > +likely want more than just the basics. I question