Re: Please Help with G4 install


Subject: Re: Please Help with G4 install
From: Sean Bittinger (bittin_s@cc.denison.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 01 2000 - 23:30:06 MST


>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

I don't know how much this will help, or if it is what is causing your
problem, but make sure your not using the driver that comes with OS9 it
causes Linux not to "see" you hard drive.

Good Luck
-S. Rogan Bittinger



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