Re: Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?

matt hull <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:41:58 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.ppc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>  also, i assume you are using dvvi with that mac mini.  i think  
>> those have
>> only dvi ?
>
> No, I'm using VGA. My Mini came with a little unit that screws into
> the DVI port and has a 15-pin VGA connector on the outward side to
> drive a regular monitor. the monitor worked with OS X on this machine
> before I blew OS X away today.
>

dvi is better if possible :)

>>
>>  the large cd that is 700+ MB has all the packages on it i think.   
>> i always
>> use the smallest one and just download the packages.  ( i have a  
>> package
>> cache on my file server so its fast)
>
> Yeah, I think that's just an oversite on the developer's part. Better
> that they make a DVD iso image if they need to make it that big or
> else cut out a few packages. I tried to order anything larger than
> 700MB last night on line and couldn't even find them. No big deal for
> now. I'm done and the machine is built. From here out the CD hardly
> matters. (I hope!)

an iso is just a filesystem, (iso is short for iso9660), and udf is a  
filesystem.   you can put what ever filesystem you want on a cd or dvd.

matt
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