Re: [ydl-gen] Historical Project

jh <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:03:06 -0400
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The stuff you need is there. Go up a level to

http://ftp.caliu.cat/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-3.0

and pick one. I've successfully run 3.0 on a powerbook 3400. The Mac 
specific parts are down in the tree. For example, for version 6.0, 
yaboot and ofboot are in:


  /pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-6.0/os/ppc/mac/

The 6.0 distribution has iso images, too. See:


  /pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-6.0/os/images/

Best of luck.

jh

On 7/28/13 2:03 PM, Clif Flynt wrote:
> Hi,
>    I have a need to prove that some 20'th century software can run with
> only 20'th century software on 20'th century Apple hardware.  (It's
> complicated and has to do with a court case.)
>
>    The package I need to demonstrate was supported on Linux, but not
> MacOS 9.
>    
>    I believe that if I can install YellowDog 1.2 or Champion Server 1.2
> or (possibly) ppcLinux 2000, the rest of the project will be trivial.
>
>    I've found the repository at
> http://ftp.caliu.cat/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/champion-1.2
>
>    This site has the contents of what I believe was the install ISO, but
> no bootable iso image (though the instructions suggest that there was
> such an image).
>
>    I'm working with a gray clamshell iBook (model 2453), with a 6 G
> drive and USB (no firewire) and New World Rom.
>
>    My success to date has been extracting yaboot from the rpm file,
> and copying that, install/vmlinux and install/ramdisk.image.gz onto
> a small HFS partition on the hard drive.
>
>    The yaboot.conf resembles:
> image = vmlinux
>       label = install
>       append = "ramdisk_size=64000 load_ramdisk=1"
>       initrd = hd:10,hdramdisk.image.gz
>
>    I can boot to the OpenFirmware monitor, and start yaboot with:
> boot hd:10,\yaboot
>
>    Following that with:
>
> boot> install
>
>    This gets as far as
> booting...
>
>    And hangs.
>    
>    I tried copying the vmlinux and ramdisk-text.image.gz from the
> YellowDog 2.0 distribution, and these tools will boot, but I can't
> install from the 1.2 CDROM (the installation scripts are looking for
> Pomona.)
>
>    Would someone have a clue?  Or better yet, an old copy of the
> Champion install ISO?
>
>    For background, I'm not a strong Mac guy, but I've been hacking Unix
> since the mid 80s. and Linux since the mid-1990s.
>
>    Thanks,
>    Clif
>


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">The stuff you need is there. Go up a
      level to<br>
      <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ftp.caliu.cat/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-3.0">http://ftp.caliu.cat/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-3.0</a><br>
      <br>
      and pick one. I've successfully run 3.0 on a powerbook 3400. The
      Mac specific parts are down in the tree. For example, for version
      6.0, yaboot and ofboot are in:<br>
      <br>
      <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
        charset=ISO-8859-1">
      <h1><small><small><small><small>/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-6.0/os/ppc/mac/</small></small></small></small></h1>
      The 6.0 distribution has iso images, too. See:<br>
      <br>
      <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;
        charset=ISO-8859-1">
      <h1><small><small><small><small>/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/yellowdog-6.0/os/images/</small></small></small></small></h1>
      Best of luck.<br>
      <br>
      jh<br>
      <br>
      On 7/28/13 2:03 PM, Clif Flynt wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote cite="mid:[email protected]"
      type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">Hi,
  I have a need to prove that some 20'th century software can run with
only 20'th century software on 20'th century Apple hardware.  (It's
complicated and has to do with a court case.)

  The package I need to demonstrate was supported on Linux, but not
MacOS 9.
  
  I believe that if I can install YellowDog 1.2 or Champion Server 1.2
or (possibly) ppcLinux 2000, the rest of the project will be trivial.

  I've found the repository at 
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ftp.caliu.cat/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/champion-1.2">http://ftp.caliu.cat/pub1/distribucions/yellowdog/releases/champion-1.2</a>

  This site has the contents of what I believe was the install ISO, but
no bootable iso image (though the instructions suggest that there was
such an image).

  I'm working with a gray clamshell iBook (model 2453), with a 6 G
drive and USB (no firewire) and New World Rom.

  My success to date has been extracting yaboot from the rpm file,
and copying that, install/vmlinux and install/ramdisk.image.gz onto
a small HFS partition on the hard drive.

  The yaboot.conf resembles:
image = vmlinux
     label = install
     append = "ramdisk_size=64000 load_ramdisk=1"
     initrd = hd:10,hdramdisk.image.gz

  I can boot to the OpenFirmware monitor, and start yaboot with:
boot hd:10,\yaboot

  Following that with:

boot&gt; install

  This gets as far as
booting...

  And hangs.
  
  I tried copying the vmlinux and ramdisk-text.image.gz from the
YellowDog 2.0 distribution, and these tools will boot, but I can't
install from the 1.2 CDROM (the installation scripts are looking for
Pomona.)

  Would someone have a clue?  Or better yet, an old copy of the
Champion install ISO?

  For background, I'm not a strong Mac guy, but I've been hacking Unix
since the mid 80s. and Linux since the mid-1990s.

  Thanks,
  Clif

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