on 12/17/03 2:05 AM, bhairava at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i try to install linux on an 8600 pci mac. i manage to boot after the
> 10th try from diskettes, but when i try to acces the harddisk
> ("initialize a swap partition" or even "initialize a linux partition"
> after i "do without a swap partition" hangs the system.
>
> switching consoles extremely fast after i press the "yes" helps me find
> out that the error i get is :
>
> Kernel Panic: acces of bad area pc c0031880 lr c00318c4 address
> 9421FFE4 tsk mkfs.ext2/81
>
> (that is in case i try to initialise the linux partition, hence the
> mkfs.ext2).
>
> question is: what can i do ? anyone got that error before ?
Howdy!
check the links on this page. http://lowendmac.com/linux/index.shtml
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