Ok ... with all of the recent emails that went past about Linux on the
StarMax ... I figured I'd give it a try. However, I have yet to be
successful and figured someone here could shed some light on the subject.
Here is a "log" of what I have tried:
First the setup:
StarMax 3000/200
Sonnet Crescendo LS G3 upgrade card
96MB Ram
1.2GB HDD on IDE0
Creative CD-RW on IDE1
30GB HDD on IDE1 (of course, MacOS does not see this but Linux does)
Voodoo 3000 Video
Asante Fast 10/100 NIC
Mandrake 8.2 PPC:
- Downloaded the 2 disc ISO images and burned'em
- Used BootX to run the installer with the 2.4 kernel + tdfk video
- Also setup 34000 byte Ramdisk with all.gz as the image
- Linux would not boot under the 2.4 kernel no matter what image/video I
chose
- Reverted back to using the 2.2 kernel in text mode
- Finally ... installation began
- Installed Mandrake and rebooted
- Used BootX to get into Mandrake using the 2.2 kernel
- Got all sorts of Modules loading problems because it was using the
wrong path
- Neither my NIC or video card are nicely supported under the 2.2 kernel
so I decided to give up on Mandrake
I gave up really because I wasn't happy with Mandrake in the first place.
SuSE 7.3 PPC:
- Install is FTP only (unless I buy it) so I downloaded the install
kernels
- Kernels were 2.4 so the install would not work
- Gave up (cause I was already downloading YellowDog at this point)
Yellowdog:
- Finally, a Linux that would boot with the 2.4 kernel
- X install came up, but was illegible
- Tried text mode but the installer crashes when loading the packages
(some Python error)
- Went to the 2.2 kernel (sigh)
- Strange, it always switches to my built-in card (probably because the
3dfx is not supported?)
- Finally ... the installer seems to be working (in text mode only)
- Got like 80% through the install and the Mac froze up (argh)
I am going to give YellowDog another try and hope it doesn't lock up.
However, does anyone have any pointers that can help me get this going a
little smoother?
Thanks,
Jason
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