Subject: Re: Yikes G4 install (newbie)
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2000 - 18:48:32 MST
You might try the standard kernel that comes with 1.1 (v 2.2.6).
The ibook kernel from Ben is not needed on the Yikes! G4.
>
> I do have that in there. sorry, should have mentioned it before. is
> there anything else you know of that might cause this behavior?
>
> thx,
>
> David
>
> On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Dan Burcaw wrote:
>
> >
> > You need to have: hda=noautotune and hdb=noautotune in the BootX kernel
> > arguments dialog.
> >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm new to YDL, and Linux in general, and I'm trying to install it
> > > on a Yikes G4-- the first time I installed it I never persuaded it to
> > > fully start up (it would kernel panic and reboot whenever I tried to start
> > > linux from bootx). So I just reinstalled, using the latest bootx and the
> > > ramdisk and kernel from the CD (CS 1.1). Now it doesn't do a kernel panic
> > > anymore, but after it checks all the USB stuff and the drives, it says:
> > >
> > > VFS: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
> > > freeing unused kernel memory 156k init 32k prep
> > >
> > > and just hangs there. I tried replacing the CD-version kernel in my
> > > system folder with the vmlinux.ibook.9 kernel off the website, but that
> > > did the same thing (I remembered to unzip it this time, too). I also
> > > tried playing with the options in bootx.
> > >
> > > Is there more stuff I have to do to replace the kernel than just
> > > to switch the one in the system folder? Should I do a whole reinstall
> > > with the vmlinux.ibook.9 kernel instead? Has anyone run into this kind of
> > > thing before? Many thanks for any thoughts or comments.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > PS- I have a Yikes G4 350 with an extra hard disk for linux and no other
> > > special add-ons.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dan
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
Regards,
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
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