Re: YDL2 install on a 4400 PPC?


Subject: Re: YDL2 install on a 4400 PPC?
From: Patrick Ladam (ladam@smbh.smbh.univ-paris13.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 13:03:32 MDT


erick curtis wrote:

> You cannot boot from a cd on an old world machine.
> install bootx into your macs contorl pannels folder
> and the boot x extention in the extensions folder.
> click on the bootx app in the control panels folder of
> OS 9 and go from there.
>
> --- linux@demian.shacknet.nu wrote:
> > The key part of that message was the first sentence:
> >
> >
> > Patrick Ladam writes:
> >
> > > "J. Tirrell" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Old-world ROM machines can't boot from the YDL2
> > CD.
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
> > > I know all this but for the moment my problem is
> > to have the YDL installer
> > > starting on
> > > this damn old 4400. The choice of the bootloader
> > comes later on during the
> > > install.
> > > I have to substitute the default kernel on the CD
> > by a kernel suitable for the
> > > 4400
> > > but I don't know if this is sufficient (should I
> > substitute the ramdisk_image
> > > too?)
> > > The problem is the installer does not have the
> > suitable kernels for the 4400
> > > basically.
> >
>
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You guys are right I solved the problem this night. Thank you again, I am just
too much
of an idiot...

Bye and thanX

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