Re: ydl and Daystar Genesis


Subject: Re: ydl and Daystar Genesis
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 22 2001 - 15:31:01 MST


On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, George Herndon wrote:
>
> Has anyone successfully installed ydl1.2.1 on a Genesis box? I have a quad
> processor Genesis with an ATI xclaim VR card that I'm difficulty installing
> onto.
>
> My symptom is that BootX tries to load the kernel, but the box freezes as it
> attempts to restart into YDL.
>
> Should 2.0 support this box? If so, I'll wait. If not, I'd like to know if
> 1.2.1 should work. I can try another video card if necessary.

Well, that's a UP kernel, so the SMP stuff shouldn't be confusing anything
(SMP is still a little sketchy on the old MP Macs)...

Try another video card. The xclaim vr is one of those not-really-supported
ones... anything Rage should work, as should onboard video (if you have any).

-Hollis



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