Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Gentoo ppc - still supported?

[Terin Stock]

If it's just going to be sitting in a closet collecting Apple-dust, then I'd
say yes, it's certainly worth the extra effort.

:P

-- 
#Terin Stock



On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o> wrote:
> >  On 08/25/10 20:31, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> I was going to download a new iso today. My old PowerPC Mac Mini needs
> >> to be rebuilt and it's so far out of date I figured I'd just do it
> >> from scratch. Anyway, it seems that all the other architectures have
> >> fairly recent iso image dates while the PowerPC seems to be a year
> >> old.
> >>
> >> http://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/releases/ppc/autobuilds/current-iso/
> >>
> >> Or maybe this is just a date problem on the files or something.
> >>
> >> - Mark
> >>
> >>
> > No, it's my fault. I've been meaning to fix the autobuilds for PowerPC,
> > but I completely forgot that they were broken. I'll look into it this
> > weekend.
> >
> > The hardware hasn't really changed much though, it should be fine to
> > boot with the latest CD there and use the current stage to install. The
> > stages themselves should be up to date.
> >
> > -Joe
>
> Hi Joe,
>   Thanks very much for the answer. In my case it looks like I'm sorry
> I woke you up. I tried the most recent 2009 CD as well as the 2007 CD
> I built the machine with the first time. Looks like this Mac Mini has
> gone down hard - bad disk at least, possibly bad memory. I'm not sure
> it's worth my effort to fix it as it's so very slow.
>
>   Anyway, I appreciate the answer and wish you all the best. Thanks
> for your efforts.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
>