Re: update on beige G3 bottx issues

[Xavier]

No, the beige G3 is an "old world" macintosh.  That's why I'm trying to 
get the installer to work with Bootx.  Still no luck.

I've tried every combination.

-Paul R

Wijnand Rietman wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> though I'm still having difficulties installing Mandrake-PPC myself (due to
> partitioning problems) I maybe can help you out a bit. The machine you want
> to install is a "new world" machine, right? I suggest you should use yaboot
> to boot your system. I think that the option root device: /dev/ram3 is the
> driver you need to create the ramdisk.
> 
> Greetings, Wijnand.
> 
> --
> 
>>From: Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: update on beige G3 bottx issues
>>Date: zon, 23 sep 2001 17:54
>>
>>
> 
>>Ok, this is where I stand.
>>
>>After starting bootx, I choose the file all.gz.  I set the ramdisk size
>>as 32000.  I choose vmlinux as my kernel.
>>
>>Whatever I put into my command arguments is ignored, including
>>"install-text" or "text".  (Unless of course, they're not being ignored,
>>but just makes no difference to the problem.)
>>
>>Immediatly after clicking linux the system starts up, shows me the name
>>of the kernel, says it is beginning boot and freezes there, in a black
>>screen with some system information.
>>
>>Choosing "no video driver" gets me a little farther, to finishing second
>>stage install, but not to the Mandrake install program.
>>
>>Stew mentioned that he had a setting:
>>
>>root device: /dev/ram3
>>
>>I have no idea what this is.  There are no parameters for me to set to
>>the above, and I'm not sure what that means anyway.
>>
>>These troubles may or may not be related to my video card.  If that was
>>the case, it would seem that text install should work, but it's not.
>>
>>-Paul Rodriguez
>>
>>PS  I did have some trouble booting my machine after adding the kernels
>>from the Mandrake cd to the bootx folder, but that went away.
>>
>>
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>>
>>
> 
> 



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Re: update on beige G3 bottx issues

[Wijnand Rietman]

Hi,

though I'm still having difficulties installing Mandrake-PPC myself (due to
partitioning problems) I maybe can help you out a bit. The machine you want
to install is a "new world" machine, right? I suggest you should use yaboot
to boot your system. I think that the option root device: /dev/ram3 is the
driver you need to create the ramdisk.

Greetings, Wijnand.

--
>From: Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: update on beige G3 bottx issues
>Date: zon, 23 sep 2001 17:54
>

> Ok, this is where I stand.
>
> After starting bootx, I choose the file all.gz.  I set the ramdisk size
> as 32000.  I choose vmlinux as my kernel.
>
> Whatever I put into my command arguments is ignored, including
> "install-text" or "text".  (Unless of course, they're not being ignored,
> but just makes no difference to the problem.)
>
> Immediatly after clicking linux the system starts up, shows me the name
> of the kernel, says it is beginning boot and freezes there, in a black
> screen with some system information.
>
> Choosing "no video driver" gets me a little farther, to finishing second
> stage install, but not to the Mandrake install program.
>
> Stew mentioned that he had a setting:
>
> root device: /dev/ram3
>
> I have no idea what this is.  There are no parameters for me to set to
> the above, and I'm not sure what that means anyway.
>
> These troubles may or may not be related to my video card.  If that was
> the case, it would seem that text install should work, but it's not.
>
> -Paul Rodriguez
>
> PS  I did have some trouble booting my machine after adding the kernels
> from the Mandrake cd to the bootx folder, but that went away.
>
>
> _
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>