Subject: Re: Yaboot fails to start install
From: Keary Suska (hierophant@pcisys.net)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2001 - 12:36:51 MST
I had the same or similar issue: check for a "novideo" install option and
use it instead.
Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"
> From: "J. Brian Adams" <brian_adams@jbadams.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 13:52:07 -0500
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Cc: agupta@mediaone.net
> Subject: Re: Yaboot fails to start install
>
> The video card is an ATY Rage 128Pro with a standard Apple Display
> monitor.
>
> I tried the text install but the same thing happened.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>> What is your video-card and monitor make? Did you try the text install
>> option?
>>
>> -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
>>
>> On Tuesday 18 December 2001 03:12, you wrote:
>> I have been trying to install YDL 2.1 on a silver G4 tower (400 Mhz)
>> running OS 10.1. I can boot off of the cd into yaboot, but when I start
>> the install the screen blanks and then about 5 minutes later reboots
>> into OS X. As best as I can figure, my 10 GB unallocated partition has
>> not been changed.
>>
>> Any ideas? Could it be an open firmware problem?
>>
>> Brian
>
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