Re: YDL 2 Install - G4 Cube and 15" LCD


Subject: Re: YDL 2 Install - G4 Cube and 15" LCD
From: Rich Coad (richc@idiom.com)
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 15:59:53 MDT


The video card is the NVIDIA GEForce2 MX I which I see now is not
supported. Any idea when it will be supported?

On Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at 10:20 AM, Dan Burcaw wrote:

> On Wednesday 13 June 2001 08:12, you wrote:
>> Has anyone had any luck with installing YDL 2.0 on a G4 Cube with the
>> 15" LCD display? I get the initial
>> prompt from yaboot then, whether I use the default GUI installer or
>> type
>> install to use the text based installer, I get to a point where the
>> screen sys "Booting..." and it hangs. The engineers notes mention
>> passing video parameters at the boot prompt but nothing about how to
>> pass these (or if they are needed) when installing.
>
> Rich,
>
> What type of video card do you have?
> The video arguments go something like this... at the yaboot "boot: "
> prompt,
> type:
>
> install video=aty128fb:vmode:14
>
> (for GUI)
>
> or
>
> install-text video=aty128fb:vmode:14
>
> (for text)
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Dan Burcaw
> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
>



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