Hi Leon Ah, 9600/300, nice. I have a 9500/180MP, with a SMP kernel it's quite speedy :-)
OK, I've talked about this before on comp.os.linux.powerpc, and a nice guy, Alan Turner, put it on his webpage. His page is at: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~aturner/7200boot.html and my contribution is at: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~aturner/yaboot.txt In yaboot.conf, you need to remove the device paths, like this: Original yaboot.conf (ok, this is from yellowdog 2.0, but MDK 8.2 looks the same). init-message = "\nWelcome to Yellow Dog Linux CD Installer!\nHit <TAB> for boot options.\n\n" timeout = 30 default = install-gui image = hd:,\\\\vmlinux label = hd-install initrd = hd:,\\\\ramdisk-text.image.gz image = hd:,\\\\vmlinux label = hd-install-novideo initrd = hd:,\\\\ramdisk-text.image.gz novideo image = cd:,\\\\vmlinux label = install initrd = cd:,\\\\ramdisk-text.image.gz initrd-size=16384 image = cd:,\\\\vmlinux label = install-novideo initrd = cd:,\\\\ramdisk-text.image.gz initrd-size=16384 novideo image = cd:,\\\\vmlinux label = install-gui initrd = cd:,\\\\ramdisk-x11.image.gz initrd-size=16384 image = cd:,\\\\vmlinux label = cd-linux image = cd:,\\\\vmlinux label = cd-linux-novideo novideo My yaboot.conf init-message = "\nWelcome to Yellow Dog Linux CD Installer!\nHit <TAB> for boot options.\n\n" timeout = 30 default = boot image = vmlinux label = boot root = /dev/sdb7 video=atyfb:vmode:17,cmode:8 image = vmlinux.old label = old root = /dev/sdb7 video=atyfb image = vmlinux.old label = install initrd = ramdisk-text.image.gz initrd-size=16384 image = vmlinux.old label = install-novideo initrd = ramdisk-text.image.gz initrd-size=16384 novideo image = vmlinux.old label = install-gui initrd = ramdisk-x11.image.gz initrd-size=16384 video=atyfb With these alterations, the installer will look for the first stage ramdisk in /boot, so you need to copy all.gz and all-2.2.gz from the CD to the /boot hfs partition (this would be ramdisk-text.image.gz and ramdisk-x11.image.gz on YDL 2.0). If you do not have a lot of memory, lower the "initrd-size", to make the installer run. I'd also suggest that you use the 2.2 X11 installer (video must be set to ofonly), it was the only one that worked for me. Hope this helps. /Stig ----- Original Message ----- From: <> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 11:40 PM Subject: RE: Bootable CD on oldworld hardware? > Hello Stig! > > Saw your message in the mandrake list. > > I have an old 9600/300 PPC and I can't get the MDK 8.2b2 PPC CD to boot up. In your message you mention you boot it up using LinuxPPC 2KQ4 fake system folder. I've been trying that method but it isn't working for me either. Can you explain how you did it? Which files go where and any changes to the yaboot.conf file? > > I'll appreciate any assistance you can provide. > > Thanks! > > Leon > -- > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ >
