Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > I switched to VT3 and here¹s what I got using the mac53c94 module (mesh > produced the same errors, only with"mesh" instead of "mac53c94"): > > Warning, insmod failed (ide-cd (null)) (1) > Have to insmod sr_mod > Needs cd-rom > /tmp/cdrom.o: Read-only fi

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Ben Donovan
I switched to VT3 and here¹s what I got using the mac53c94 module (mesh produced the same errors, only with"mesh" instead of "mac53c94"): Warning, insmod failed (ide-cd (null)) (1) Have to insmod sr_mod Needs cd-rom /tmp/cdrom.o: Read-only file system Needs sr_mod /tmp/sr_mod.o: Read-only file sys

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Ben Donovan
I don;t think it could be a mismatched kernel. I have been using the vmlinux kernal with the all.gz ramdisk, or the vmlinux-benh kernel with the corresponding kernel. (I don't have the CD with me so apologies if the filenames here aren't quite right). So I guess I should be looking out for a menti

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > What should I be looking for in VT3 or 4? > > I want to get as much information as possible now, so that when I get back > home tonight I can solve this. > > Ben > You should see more verbose output of the insmod. I'm curious if it's failing because

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Ben Donovan
What should I be looking for in VT3 or 4? I want to get as much information as possible now, so that when I get back home tonight I can solve this. Ben on 6/10/03 10:30 AM, Stew Benedict at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > >> Actually I did try the me

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > Actually I did try the mesh driver too, with the same results. > > The machine is basically the same as a powermac 4400, I don't know if that > is any help. > Not to me. I haven't had hands-on on either one of them. -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft

Re: Ibook 600 mdk 9.1 ppc

2003-06-10 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Michael A Dewey wrote: > Hi All: I have an ibook 600Mhz w/ 256 megs ram. I have the first 2 cds for > Mandrake 9.1 PPC. I started my install using install-text and that crashed > at my keyboard. I then went with install-gui-benh and that worked. The > install went lik

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Ben Donovan
Actually I did try the mesh driver too, with the same results. The machine is basically the same as a powermac 4400, I don't know if that is any help. Ben on 6/10/03 9:54 AM, Stew Benedict at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > >> I have a Motorola Starmax

Re: Ibook 600 mdk 9.1 ppc

2003-06-10 Thread Michael A Dewey
Hi All: I have an ibook 600Mhz w/ 256 megs ram. I have the first 2 cds for Mandrake 9.1 PPC. I started my install using install-text and that crashed at my keyboard. I then went with install-gui-benh and that worked. The install went like it should have. The install went all the way throug

Re: Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Ben Donovan wrote: > I have a Motorola Starmax which I am trying to rejuvinate by installing > linux on it. System specs: > > Starmax 3000/240 > Sonnet G3 upgrade > 128mb RAM > 2.3gb IDE HD (2 HFS mac partitions) > 4.3gb SCSI HD (for linux) SCSI ID 2 > Teac SCSI CD-ROM (ID 3

Oldworld install problems

2003-06-10 Thread Ben Donovan
I have a Motorola Starmax which I am trying to rejuvinate by installing linux on it. System specs: Starmax 3000/240 Sonnet G3 upgrade 128mb RAM 2.3gb IDE HD (2 HFS mac partitions) 4.3gb SCSI HD (for linux) SCSI ID 2 Teac SCSI CD-ROM (ID 3) Teac SCSI CDR (ID 4) I have unstuffed the bootx installer