Thank you! That worked perfectly.
X is up, running at 1024x768. That's way too much for an iMac's tiny screen,
so I'm still looking for a way to drop the rez to 800x600.
Jeff
> During install? A workaround:
>
> Switch to the console on VT2 (Command-Control-F2)
> pdisk -l /deb/hda - note the
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, James O'Malley wrote:
> Thanks, Stew. Okay, I see that you've changed yaboot.conf's ramdisk size to
> 36000... I tried to install again on my G3 Powerbook Firewire and it hung
> very near the end. I also can't seem to get to the error console with any
> key combo. Any id
Hello James,
I did this same install on my PowerBook G3 (Firewire) and ran into the same
problem. I believe, but have no proof, that it may have to do with the power
management built into the kernel that's used for the installer. What I did
to solve my problem was run my finger over the trackpad
Thanks, Stew. Okay, I see that you've changed yaboot.conf's ramdisk size to
36000... I tried to install again on my G3 Powerbook Firewire and it hung
very near the end. I also can't seem to get to the error console with any
key combo. Any ideas what I've got to press to switch consoles on a Po
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> Howdy List,
>
> I've been attempting to install Mandrake 8.0 PPC on a 350Mhz iMac with mixed
> results.
>
> 1. If the OS9 partition is over 500Mb or so, the yaboot boot loader refuses
> to install, complaining that it's partition isn't HFS...
>
Duri