Don't sweat it, you'll get it to work eventually. If there's one thing I've learned about free *NIXes over the past two or so years, it's to try every possible installation path when I begin messing with a new (new to me, old to everyone else ;-) piece of equipment. I've rarely been able to get a unfamiliar distribution to install on equipment I'm not entirely familiar with.
It would be a good idea to pick one of those two distributions and wear out all of your options before moving on to the next distribution. And if that fails, you have more options: SuSE (sorry, no ISOs for download) and Mandrake PPC Cooker (development distribution, some things may be broken). Stew Benedict, the main man behind Mandrake PPC development, has a 7600 (among other Macs). So if I were you, I'd try every possible installation option on Mandrake first, and check out the archives on the Mandrake PPC lists for info about 7600s. When all else fails, get the development version, jump on the PPC Cooker list, and interact with Stew (maybe you should just contact him directly and compare notes, since you'll end up giving Mandrake some free publicity in the end). And search those Mandrake list archives while you're waiting for a response! Cheers, Dan Willson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jeroen Diederen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:55 AM I have 160 Mb RAM on a 2 Gb HD. 150 Mb of that 2 Gb is used for OS8. So about 1,85 Gb is available for Linux. With Mandrake also recommended installation failed, I observed the same crash. What kind of HD do you use ? I have an old Compaq PC SCSI (Seage Barracuda?) drive. But the installation also failed on the SCSI disk that was already in the machine (an IBM 1 Gb drive). -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
