Subject: RE: No way booting the install YDL-2.0 on a G4
From: Jeffrey Barneveld (jeffrey@tide-web.com)
Date: Sun Jul 01 2001 - 14:43:27 MDT
Thanks for the clues so far...
It seems to me that the only difference between my system and the other
dual-G4 systems is the video card.
The Rage works and the nVidia works, but my Radeon 32mb doesn't.
Booting the text-only version of the install doesn't work. But I do get a
textscreen for yaboot. I have been using Linux on pc's for years now and I
know that the installer of RedHat uses another resolution than the screen
I get for yaboot.
My guess is that even the text-only installer chooses another textmode
after yaboot, and that this causes my system to stop working.
Why? because when I boot from the CD and choose different install kernels,
the time that the CD-drive is running differs.. The install probably runs,
but I can't see it.
My question: How do I tell yaboot to set a video mode using my Radeon, and
what video modes are available. Then I can at least get Linux up and
running in text mode.
Jeffrey.
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Robert M. Sanders (rob) wrote:
>
> Actually, we're running YDL2.0 on a dual 533 right now. Our system
> is set up as follows:
>
> Rage128, 1.5 Gb mem, zip250, 36gb ATA drive, 2x36gb Ultra 160 scsi,
> DVD player.
>
> We had problems initially with the *stock* PCI scsi card, the machine
> would not boot into Linux at all. The Ultra 160 works like a champ.
> Now we're just waiting for the 2.4.x kernel to get stable again.
>
>
>
> Rob Sanders
> Zeta Associates, Inc.
>
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