Subject: Re: Dual G4 and YDL 2.0
From: Jonathan Smiley (smileyj68@mac.com)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2001 - 16:46:42 MDT
Okay, I tried that. It seemed to get further than before, but the screen
was way off and there were a few lines of text which cut off at the top of
the screen. It didn't go any further. It's all greek to me, but any
further help from someone would be great.
>
>
> Try using the kernel at:
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/software/kernel-2.4.8-0.4c/vmlinux
>
> Stick this in your System Folder
> with the ramdisk-text.image.gz from your Install CD's install
> directory. Boot off of the CD and type:
>
> hd-install
>
> That *should* yield a working display and the text mode installer.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Thursday 13 September 2001 02:37, you wrote:
>> I'm trying to install YDL 2.0 on my 2x450 G4...I have a Radeon which I know
>> is not supported, but even trying to do a ext install, it giets to the
>> booting screen and hangs up.....pressing enter makes the machine restart
>> into MacOS. Any ideas, I pretty much suck at all things linux so any help
>> is great.
>> Jon Smiley
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