Subject: Re: Please Help with G4 install
From: andu (undo@cloud9.net)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2000 - 19:03:20 MST
>Ok, I might be stupid but I cant get this thing to work.
>
>1st this is my first mac so some of the terms are still new to me.
>I have done alot of Linux install on x86 and can just about do them in my
>sleep. I trid to load YDL on my new G4 using a second drive but it dosnt
>seem to work.
>
>I copied the extension files as described ( the updated ones from the
>website )
>then i copied the kernal and ramdisk images also.
>I launch bootx and it comes up, I tell it to load linux and it seems to
>shutdown macos the goes to a black screen that has some stuff about memory
>and frame buffer the says "booting..." and that is where it stops. I let it
>sit there for a while but nothing happened.
>
>Here is my machine config...
>G4 450mhz (AGP)
>27g ata with mac os9
>10g ata for linux
>256meg RAM
>ATI Rage 128 16meg
>DVD RAM Drive
>Built in Zip
>No other addon cards
>
>
>
>If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.
>Sean
>
Make sure you check the "no video driver" button in bootX.
Regards, Andu
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