Subject: RE: evil bad ISO
From: Pete Peters (ppeters914@home.com)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 18:02:56 MDT
When you say "install the OS on each of" the 7xxx Macs, do you mean YDL?
Those are Old World Macs which *REQUIRE* a working MacOS HFS partition
to start the boot process, then BootX or the MkLinux booter will then
boot Linux. Also, those are NuBus Macs which creates a whole new set of
issues. I'd recommend checking out Linux/PPC on NuBus Macs
<http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net> and subscribe to that list. One of
the links is pretty good regarding installing YDL
<http://www.infernosoft.com/beowoof/installingLinux.html>.
As far as upgrades, the only issues I remember reading about are
regarding the G3 upgrade cards. Only recently can anyone get Linux
working w/ a Sonnett card, and only after patching and tweaking. I've
had zero problems w/ my PowerLogix G3 card. You'd have to search/post
the list asking about other cards like MacTell, NewerTech.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lathe Gill [mailto:latheg@bigfoot.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 4:47 PM
To: Pete Peters
Subject: Re: evil bad ISO
Hmmmm. I tried it. However, when I got into the installer app, it
wouldn't
let me change it from cd/dvd. I am even open to trying ftp, since the
script
seems to say that is an option.
I just bought a half dozen PMac 7xxx's, and I need to install the OS on
each
of them. No luck so far.
I wish to make several upgrades, notably HD, Ram, possibly G3's. Should
I be
careful of any of these upgrades with regards to Yellowdog?
> From: Pete Peters <ppeters914@home.com>
> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 16:31:27 -0700
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Cc: latheg@bigfoot.com
> Subject: RE: evil bad ISO
>
> It's been awhile, but that's how I installed YDL 1.2 on my 9500. I put
> all the rpms in a folder on the MacOS HFS partition, and a ramimage.gz
> or something file in the System Folder, then directed BootX to that
> location for the install. After that, I reset BootX to point to the
> partition where YDL was installed. Sorry, but I don't remember the
> actual steps.
>
> Bottom line: Installing from the hard drive worked for me.
>
> Pete
> ----------------------------------------------
> Pete Peters <ppeters914@home.com>
> Seattle, Washington, USA
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lathe Gill [mailto:latheg@bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 4:16 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: evil bad ISO
>
>
>
> So here's a question for you...
> If you put the Yellow Dog folder into your Mac Hard Drive, will BootX
> find
> it? Or do you have to have it on a CD?
>
>
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