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From: matt hull <mattmatteh@×××.com>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:42:03
Message-Id: AB9A3EF7-3DA1-4B2C-9386-83DDCAEDF82A@mac.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list? by Mark Knecht
1 >> also, i assume you are using dvvi with that mac mini. i think
2 >> those have
3 >> only dvi ?
4 >
5 > No, I'm using VGA. My Mini came with a little unit that screws into
6 > the DVI port and has a 15-pin VGA connector on the outward side to
7 > drive a regular monitor. the monitor worked with OS X on this machine
8 > before I blew OS X away today.
9 >
10
11 dvi is better if possible :)
12
13 >>
14 >> the large cd that is 700+ MB has all the packages on it i think.
15 >> i always
16 >> use the smallest one and just download the packages. ( i have a
17 >> package
18 >> cache on my file server so its fast)
19 >
20 > Yeah, I think that's just an oversite on the developer's part. Better
21 > that they make a DVD iso image if they need to make it that big or
22 > else cut out a few packages. I tried to order anything larger than
23 > 700MB last night on line and couldn't even find them. No big deal for
24 > now. I'm done and the machine is built. From here out the CD hardly
25 > matters. (I hope!)
26
27 an iso is just a filesystem, (iso is short for iso9660), and udf is a
28 filesystem. you can put what ever filesystem you want on a cd or dvd.
29
30 matt
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Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list? Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>