On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 16:40, Andrew wrote: > On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:59:46 -0500 > Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > I don't expect TerraSoft to provide any support for OldWorld ever again :( > > Let me do it. There is, indeed, just a few quirks about YD4 on OldWorld > macs. The first one is the 2.6.8 TSS-provided "default" kernel that will not > boot such macs. But its not far as it sit at a MON> prompt, keyboard > working... > Eddieb provides a kernel that will boot, install and run YDL4 on OldWorld > Macs. > Thus its "made-for" ANS machines, it work anyway. The ramdisk.image.gz found > on > YDL4 CD1 is fine for what I can tell off my personal experimentations... > Kernel 2.6.9 from a TSS hero DO WORK with OldWorlds > > <http://shiner.info/files/Yellow%20Dog%20Linux%204/kernel/vmlinux-2.6.8-1.ydl.7> > > Make sure you install in 'text-mode' (insert 'text' in BootX more kernel > arguments) > This will avoid some RAM problems some folks ran into. This time, as opposed > to YLD3, > You will need a /boot partition (50MB should be enough as only 16MB is > currently > used on mine) > Lastly, you HAVE TO USE the initrd-*.img file AS A RAMDISK IN BOOTX. This > mean you'll > have to manually copy the file /boot/initrd-*.img onto the MacOS side of > things for > each kernel you wish to use. > > Lastly, thus I have been successfull with YDL4 on OW, among many others, > some models may > not go. > Please, visit this thread on yellowdog-board for issues and/or success > stories with YDL4 > on OW macs. > > <http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=339> >
and this kernel will install YDL 4 on OW even machines with a 601 cpu: http://www.ydl.net/~sloopy/ydl4/ this kernel is a little older then the kernel ydl 4 uses (was current at the time i made the YDL 4/OW HOW-TO) but this kernel will work on all power surge models and the beige G3's, and have been very well tested... sloopy. p.s. there is nothing wrong with eddie's kernel on shiner.info, i just got sick and havnt been able to update my kernel/HOWTO... _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
