Subject: Re: No YDL on New G4???
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 14:22:33 MDT
What "stock card" are you referring to? The ATTO SCSI and NVidia cards are
the only two that spring to mind. Both are listed as currently unsupported
hardware on the YDL site, and the same has been conveyed on the mailing
list.
Jim
Ted Goranson's bits of Tue, 12 Jun 2001 translated to:
>Okay. Here's the sequence:
>
>--Decide on YDL for my new top of the line G4
>
>--Message this list with detailed specs asking for suggestions
>
>--One person responds 8 days later says get the CDs with support
>
>--get the CDs with support
>
>--CDs arrive, I happily begin
>
>Whoops. I have a modern mac which means yaboot
>
>Whoops, yaboot doesn't support the stock card that Apple puts in its
>best stock system
>
>Whoops, there is no mention of this on the YDL site where they give
>hardware requirements.
>
>Whoops, neither the graphic installer of the "non-graphic installer
>works, instead giving about thirty lines of error messages.
>
>Is this right? Is there really no way to put the best OS on the best machine?
>
>Best, Ted
>
>
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