RE: PMac 7300 - Install Issues
Ok, I've finally managed to get this to install on the 7300. I ended up using the 2.2.10-awacs kernel from LinuxPPC for the initial installation. Currently, I'm running under the 2.4.10-benh0 kernel and can get X4.0.3 to load up. I do have a couple problems concerning X though... First, X doesn't seem to recognize either my keyboard or my mouse. However, the kernel seems to recognize them during the boot cycle. Next, X issues the following error on loading: -- Error while initializing the sound driver. device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such device) The sound server will continue, using the null output device. -- Any ideas? James [EMAIL PROTECTED] For about a week now, I've been trying to get Mandrake to install on my G3-upgraded 7300 system without much luck. So far, I've been reduced to playing musical kernels to get it to recognize my SCSI hard drives, let alone the CD-ROM drive. Can someone provide a basic walk-thru on how to get this to install? As far as configuration goes, here's what I got: Hardware: Sonnet G3/400Mhz/1MB 152MB RAM IBM 2.1GB SCSI on SCSI bus 0, ID 0 Conner 4.2GB SCSI on SCSI bus 0, ID 1 Teac CD-R SCSI on SCSI bus 0, ID 3 ATI XclaimVR (rage pro) on PCI slot 1 IXMicro 128/8MB on PCI slot 3 ADB keyboard/mouse Software: MacOS 9.0.4 BootX 1.2.3 Mandrake 8/PPC distro CDs Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, James [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PMac 7300 - Install Issues
On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, James Meade wrote: For about a week now, I've been trying to get Mandrake to install on my G3-upgraded 7300 system without much luck. So far, I've been reduced to playing musical kernels to get it to recognize my SCSI hard drives, let alone the CD-ROM drive. Can someone provide a basic walk-thru on how to get this to install? IBM 2.1GB SCSI on SCSI bus 0, ID 0 MacOS 9.0.4 BootX 1.2.3 Mandrake 8/PPC distro CDs I have 2 ideas for you. Move the IBM away from SCSI id 0. There were some reports on the linuxppc-user list that linux does not like having harddrives at id=0 on those old machines. I thought that BootX did not work reliably with MacOS 9.0.x but that may only be on New World Machines. What specifically is the problem ? Perhaps some detail such as I boot with BootX from SCSI HD trying various kernels, the system gets to the such-and-such stage and then complains about ..., the last message on VT2,3 was ... Good luck, Q.
RE: PMac 7300 - Install Issues
FWIW, I have an 8600/300 running RC1 just fine with an 18 GB UltraSCSI drive on id0. It does use a 68 pin to 50 pin adapter and it is on the fast internal bus -- don't know if this matters, but the Apple System Profiler can't identify which SCSI bus it is attached to. Another anecdote that might be helpful is that I used FWB Hard Disk Toolkit to replace the Apple drivers and repartition the drive without reinstalling everything (leaving the space unallocated before the Linux install). It uses BootX v1.2.3, just like my 9600/350 at home and a stock 7300/180 in the office. Don't know if this is the latest and greatest, but it's what I'm using without problems. FWIW, this 7300 and another one just like it in another workgroup have two SCSI drives on id0 and id1 ... both have a small Mac OS partition for booting, but the root partition is on the id0 drive in both units (IIRC, both have the stock Seagate drives from other gutted 7300/180s). Hope I'm not just lucky, but it worked for us just fine. FWIW, both of these machines don't use FWB Hard Disk Toolkit, so maybe that doesn't help like I thought at first. One last problem I have encountered, though: are you sure the CD is A-OK? We had this problem the first time around ... easily corrected by not being in a hurry and calculating a checksum (could also be our Teac burner -- most likely the same one you have? Ours is a CD-R55S hand-me-down and it can make a mean set of coasters on occasion). The installer would start, then bail when it couldn't find the CD drive. Hope James' problem is just as easily solved. HTH, Dan Daniel Willson Web Content Coordinator UAB Media Relations [EMAIL PROTECTED] (205) 975-2825 On Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:10 AM, Quentin Mason [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: snip I have 2 ideas for you. Move the IBM away from SCSI id 0. There were some reports on the linuxppc-user list that linux does not like having harddrives at id=0 on those old machines. I thought that BootX did not work reliably with MacOS 9.0.x but that may only be on New World Machines. /snip
RE: PMac 7300 - Install Issues
And BootX doesn't work with OS 9. Hope to Help, Jonathan Sailor -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Quentin Mason Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:10 AM To: James Meade Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PMac 7300 - Install Issues On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, James Meade wrote: For about a week now, I've been trying to get Mandrake to install on my G3-upgraded 7300 system without much luck. So far, I've been reduced to playing musical kernels to get it to recognize my SCSI hard drives, let alone the CD-ROM drive. Can someone provide a basic walk-thru on how to get this to install? IBM 2.1GB SCSI on SCSI bus 0, ID 0 MacOS 9.0.4 BootX 1.2.3 Mandrake 8/PPC distro CDs I have 2 ideas for you. Move the IBM away from SCSI id 0. There were some reports on the linuxppc-user list that linux does not like having harddrives at id=0 on those old machines. I thought that BootX did not work reliably with MacOS 9.0.x but that may only be on New World Machines. What specifically is the problem ? Perhaps some detail such as I boot with BootX from SCSI HD trying various kernels, the system gets to the such-and-such stage and then complains about ..., the last message on VT2,3 was ... Good luck, Q. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
