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@chzigotzky chzigotzky released this 05 Jul 07:28
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Further information about Yellow Dog Linux: Wikipedia

Download: yellowdog_root2.img.gz (Size: 993MB, md5sum: e6d14891e26576427ba3ad18f501c9a2)

Installation:

  • gunzip yellowdog_root2.img.gz

  • dd if=yellowdog_root2.img of=/dev/<Your partition> status=progress
    For example: /dev/sdb4:
    dd if=yellowdog_root2.img of=/dev/sdb4 status=progress

  • fsck.ext3 -f /dev/sdb4

  • resize2fs /dev/sdb4

  • tune2fs -L Yellow_Dog_Linux /dev/sdb4

  • vim /run/media/amigaone/Yellow_Dog_Linux/etc/fstab
    /dev/sdb4 / ext3 defaults 0 1

  • setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sdb4"

  • Creating the kernel modules database:
    depmod -a

  • For getting an ip address:
    dhclient

  • Configure DNS:

/etc/resolv.conf:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

Yellow Dog Linux resources: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de

Repos (Directories with the directory repodata):

yellowdog-base.repo

#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[base]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Base
baseurl=http://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/linux/yellowdog/yum/6.2/base/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

yellowdog-extras.repo

#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[extras]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Extras
baseurl=http://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/linux/yellowdog/yum/6.2/extras/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

yellowdog-updates.repo

#generated by system-config-ydlnet
[updates]
name=Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Updates
baseurl=http://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/linux/yellowdog/yum/6.2/updates/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

yum clean all

yum makecache

yum repolist

Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 on an X1000:

Kernel_5 10 259_PowerPC-3

Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 on an X5000:

Kernel_5 10 259_PowerPC-4