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SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 11 Oct 2002 : 22:43:40 Howdy, folks! Well, to distract myself from the trauma of a semi-dead PowerBook G4, I'm now trying to get Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 installed on one my spare PowerMacs, in this case a 6500/275 with 64 megs of RAM. Anyway, I've followed the steps in the walkthrough from their site, but every time, about 1/2 through the installation, the installer crashes, with a bunch of text (kernel panic?). I've been trying on two different disks, a 4-gig and a 6-gig (thanks, Kady), but get the same results on both of 'em. The CD is in good shape, with no gouges, so I don't think that's a problem... I'm gonna try installing it on my PowerMac 7600/132, but I'm not sure what I did wrong on the 6500! Have any of you used the YDL software? Any tips/tricks I should know about? Thanks in advance, SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD" Edited by - SpaceBoy on 12 Oct 2002 08:49:00
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 12 Oct 2002 : 05:12:09 First of all, get YDL 2.3. It's out on ISO now. Don't use the text installer, if at all possible. The only install option I've been able to do without it giving me an error is Base Install, which then requires that you install all the packages you want by hand. And use the 2.2 kernel on your machine. Copy the 2.2 kernel in the install directory of the CD into Macintosh HD:System Folder:Linux Kernels and then select it in BootX. The 2.4 kernel doesn't work well with older hardware. Give Mandrake a try. I successfully installed it on my 6400. It's got more packages than YDL, and it seems easier to install. One thing about Mandrake - be sure you choose USB 1 button mouse even if you have an ADB mouse and no USB card, because ADB is handled through the USB HID. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert OpenStep Page at http://openstep.topcities.com/ Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 12 Oct 2002 : 08:48:10 Hmmm, thanks for the tips! :-) SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD"
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 12 Oct 2002 : 09:43:04 Well, I've tried booting from the 2.2 kernel, but so far, no dice. For all I know, it would be working fine, except that when I use that kernel, about 2-4 seconds into bootup, the screen goes all crazy, for all the world looking like it's trying to display 800x600 resolution on my poor Apple 14" display (which can't do nothin' but 640x480). So, what I'm now wondering is if there is a way to force or trick the 2.2 kernel into using plain 640x480. Any ideas? Thanks, SpaceBoy AppleBASIC FOREVER! As of 4/8/02: TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PB 1400/133, "KayPro II" PB 180/33, "Osbourne 1" PMac 7100/G3-266, "DEC Rainbow" and "Altair 8800" Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" iMac Rev.A/333mHz, "Deep Blue" Newton 120, "PADD"
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 13 Oct 2002 : 09:59:09 The best alternative would be to get a new monitor! You won't be happy unless you can get 1024x768. Your machine, with onboard ATI Mach64 video, will be able to drive the monitor at that resolution with 16-bit color. Either that, or put in BootX kernel options the following line: video=atyfb:vmode=6:cmode=16 and click the Save button. This should boot Linux with 640x480 resolution at 67 Hz refresh in 16 bit color. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert OpenStep Page at http://openstep.topcities.com/ Macs Liberated: SE (2), LC, IIsi, PB 145b, Quadra 700, 6100 (2), PB 5300, PowerMac 5400/200, Performa 6400/180 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3

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