Subject: Re: Please Help with G4 install
From: Peter Cervieri (peter@front57.com)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2000 - 22:31:09 MST
what do you mean by the driver that comes with OS9...an extension for a scsi
adaptor?...the video driver?
i get the same problem.
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>From: Sean Bittinger <bittin_s@cc.denison.edu>
>To: yellowdog-general <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>Subject: Re: Please Help with G4 install
>Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2000, 1:30 AM
>
>>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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