Tuesday, September 3, 2002

Hey, Scott Girard, friend and former co-worker did a great job writing up his recent install of YDL 2.2, Beos, and MacOS on his Genesis boxen. Scott, thanks for the mention in the story. I had fun going thru the process and I'm glad you made it as well. A couple of things: 1) You can mount the mac hfs volumes from linux using 'mount -t' and specifying hfs. There are also native linux utilities for copying the files over to the hfs partition. It's been a while since I did it, but look at the man page for 'mount' and also do a search for 'cpmac'. Also, when I did this, mount only supported hfs, not hfs + volumes. 2) At one time you could configure BootX to pause at its splash screen on boot-up. This allows you to choose your OS of choice or adjust your kernel settings. Also, depending on your desired video settings, it's good practice to boot your mac into the video mode you'll be running X windows under. This sets up the frame buffer for the card and makes the verbose boot screen more readable. I hope you get lots of traffic to this story. I know I wish there had been such a resource when I first tried this. How to install Linux on a Quad Processor Daystar Genesis (Mac Clone) I wrote a quick article describing how to get Linux running on a quad-processor Daystar Genesis machine in full SMP mode. [read more] [Radio-Dadio] 10:55:25 PM     Tuesday, August 27, 2002   Quiet Desperation. Quiet Desperation A friend, who is out of work and has been for some time, was more than a bit down last night and suffering from the "Why Me" syndrome last night.  So I pointed out that "Everyone is having a pretty hard time right now and it's not them -- a huge amount is the economy".  We went thru mutual friends and of about 20, perhaps 3 were doing well -- and the rest were just getting by.  I then quoted Thoreau's Quiet Desperation line from Walden Pond.  Actually I tried to quote it and then said to myself "Dude!  Just do a google."  Here it is: The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. From: http://eserver.org/thoreau/walden1a.html I had forgotten the "games and amusements" postscript.  But most of all, the "it is a characteristic of wisdom to not do desperate things."  Very cool.  Thanks Google! [The FuzzyBlog!] 7:17:06 AM     12:23:53 PM

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