Subject: Re: YDL does not like my new iBook. Not one little bit.
From: Jonathan Bertsch (bertsch.13@osu.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 28 2000 - 22:34:47 MDT
If a ibook is anything like a powerbook I can help you out... does anyboy
know if install is similar on a powerbook? If it is just e-mail me and Ill
try and set you up...
jrogers@mjrogers.com wrote:
> When I boot off the YDL CD that I created from the .iso image I get the
> following:
>
> <Cut Here>
>
> Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.17-0.6.1
> started at : 0x0 <more hex digits>
> linked at : 0x0 <more hex digits>
> frame buffer at : 0x0 <more hex digits> <more nonsense>
> MSR : 0x0 <more hex digits>
> HID0 : 0x0 <more hex digits>
> ICTC : 0x0 <more hex digits>
>
> booting......
>
> </End Cut>
>
> And that is it. The machine just sits there. I have camp out on the
> power switch to shut it down.
>
> I am trying to install YDL on the new special edition iBook, the one with
> the 466 processor. I have a single 10GBish drive, 128MB RAM and an
> AirPort card. The drive has two partitions, the first with OS9 and the
> second with OS/X. I'm planning on overwriting the OS/X partition with
> YDL.
>
> I've searched the archives, I could not find any similar problems. So,
> anybody have any ideas before I go download a different Linux distro.
>
> -JeffR
-- -Jonathan Bertsch bertsch.13@osu.edu
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