Garry Hunsaker wrote:
Thanks for the reply Darren.
I will hazard a guess and say I am still trying to figure out how to set this up. I can get Boot X to launch. (The Apple Script Mandrake supplies to get the process started even worked) If I use the vmlinux and all.gz that are in Boot X, I have only once gotten beyond the first screen. Using vmlinux-benh and all-benh.gz, I do get to the beginning of the the second screen... From what I am seeing, I would say it is somewhere in the hardware detection I get. VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:03. I have tried searching for this at Mandrak, Google, and Altavista with no real luck. I found one reference to this that mentions this is a common newbe mistake, but not what the mistake is... (my gut tells me I need to figure out how to tell Boot X where I want to install Linux.) Then last night I ran across something that said I need to replace the vmlinux kernel and all.gz that are in the Boot X folder with the ones that are in Mandrake Boot folder. So I'll give that a try.
Hi Garry, I'm no guru so bear with me.
One problem I have is launching into mdk after fully booting to the macOS. The install using vmlinux and all.gz ALWAYS fails.
I'm unaware of the VFS: problem. The vmlinux and all.gz used as the ram disk should not be looking for a root fs as these are the installer files it should be only looking for /root for possible updating but that is further into the install.
I hope these other kernels help. I've no experience with the benh stuff.
pdisk shows the following.
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/scsi1.0' (/dev/sdb)
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 2: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 54 @ 64 3: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 74 @ 118 4: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 192 5: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 704 6: Apple_HFS untitled 40021327 @ 1216 ( 19.1G)
7: Apple_HFS untitled 2 40021325 @ 40022543 ( 19.1G)
8: Apple_HFS untitled 3 40021325 @ 80043868 ( 19.1G)
9: Apple_HFS untitled 4 40021325 @ 120065193 ( 19.1G)
10: Apple_Free Extra 10 @ 160086518
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=160086527 (76.3G) DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 Drivers- 1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1 2: @ 118 for 36, type=0xffff
The Maxtor is already partitioned into four 19 Gig sectors. All of them in HFS+ (I thought they were untill I saw that pdisk readout). One web page I found said that didn't matter, that the installer could rewrite the partition where I install Linux. My suspicion is I need to tell Boot X where this partition is at before I start the install... but as I say, that is just a hunch on my part. And without definitive data on how to do this, my attempt at Linux has just gone on the back burner till I educate myself a bit more...
You diffinately have 4 mac formatted partitions there, I wouldn't worry to much about the missing "+".
Once you have the right kernel and ram file set in bootx, check the force scsi and force video setting in options then set the ram disk size up from 8196 to 32000, leave the video setting unchecked on the main bootx screen and then save the preference and go back to the macOS.
Drop the Bootx app onto the system folder or into the control panels folder, either way it should end up in the control panels folder. When this is done reboot the mac and bootx will appear early in the startup.
This is the only way my mac will start the mdk install, if bootx is used from the mac desktop I will not be able to complete the first stages of the install and lose the keyboard.
Once the install is running you will get a gui installer which is easy to follow, choosing expert allows you to use the disk partition and format tools which should mean you dont need to make a patition of free space before you start. Generally the expert mode asks more questions but the correct answer is usually the highlighted option.
The last time I did anything like this, DOS was loaded from a floppy disk, everything was some kind of Shell comand, and an EGA monitor was high tech :) Then came the blessing of Macintosh, and I never looked back.
Dulled you to real computing. :) Half the fun is getting there.
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