> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:11:52 +0200
> richard@uclinux.net wrote:
> 
> > - Try installing defaults without X support...
> Only installed kern and base... I assume there is no way to select
> exactly what to install, so I won't get below that size... but I seem to
> have enough space on the disk : all the package are installing fine,
> it's only after I had to set timezone & root passwd that the installer
> crashed...
> I'll try to grab a little deeper into the archives... is there a search
> form somewhere ?

Crashed a few times also..but mostly not when I deselected X11 package...
also crashed when entering root password...never figured out why...

> 
> > - sell it and get a PC...will save you much troubles later (o;
> I saw on the archives that you too are the happy owner of a beige G3...
> did you sell it ? (o;
> 

Yupp (o;

Lot's of problem not during install...

- sound driver
- onboard ethernet packet loss
- damned slow local tcp/ip traffic (10...20kbytes7sec)
- bad support for additional r128 pci card
- doesn't work with 1.6Zsomething at all

Best support for the G3 tower was yellowdog-linux 3.0 so far...
or stick with OSX (o;

Got now a small eBox as NetBSD firewall/NAT box...


rick