Subject: Re: I am still having MAJOR problems
From: Steve Moitozo II (stephen@moitozo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2000 - 10:41:16 MDT
I believe that if you are running the new G4 hardware you are limited to
yaboot. Just make sure you read the docs for BootX and yaboot.
Steve Moitozo
stephen@moitozo.com
http://www.moitozo.com
> From: Brian Olson <olson@mail.humonc.wisc.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:29:12 -0500
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: I am still having MAJOR problems
>
> have you considered using BootX? It also ships with YDL and is easier
> to use and configure than yaboot. It requires a mac partition and mac
> os however but, IMHO, it is the easiest to use until you are more
> familiar with linux.
>
> Bootx:
>
> ftp://ftp.linuxberg.com/pub/distributions/Yellowdog/utilities/
>
> --Brian
>
>
>
>
>> Hey everyone. I am soooo stuck. I finally came to a discovery -- the
>> alias for the IDE slave drive on the first bus is ultra-1. That's
>> nice to know -- I'm now wondering how to boot linux!!! I have heard
>> yaboot described as a "green screen"... I have never gotten such a
>> screen! How do I install yaboot? Or, on a dual G4, is there a better
>> way to boot? I tried this thing called "suseboot" which was emailed
>> to me -- that boots Linux (I never see a green screen) but the
>> screen resolution is not something my monitor can handle. I am so
>> lost -- can anyone help? Thanks....
>>
>> -Josh
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