Subject: Problems Installing YDL1.1 on an iBook 300 (tried benh.15, ibook.9, BootX 1.2b3, 1.1.3, yaboot 0.4)
From: Cory Doctorow (doctorow@craphound.com)
Date: Thu Feb 10 2000 - 16:35:47 MST
Hi there. I'm trying to install YellowDog Linux on an iBook.
YELLOWDOG LINUX
Version: 1.1
IBOOK:
OS: 8.6
Partitions: "macos," HFS, 1GB; unallocated, 2GB
RAM: 96MB
CPU: PPCG3/300
Airport card
What I've done so far:
1. Booted from iMac OS8.6 CD
2. Reformatted drive, creating a 1GB HFS partition and leaving the rest
unallocated
3. Installed MacOS 8.6
4. Installed Airport Card support
Then I tried BootX:
5. Installed BootX 1.2b3 (BootX extension in Extensions folder, BootX cdev
in Pontrol Panels folder), vmlinux.ibook.9 in the System Folder
6. Dragged ramdisk.image.gz from the 1.1 CD into the System Folder
7. Used BootX App to reboot in Linux
The result?
A black screen with
Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.14pre9
started at : 0x00000000
linked at : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at: 0x91800480 (phys), 0x91800480 (log)
MSR : 0x00000002
booting...
Which just sat there for ten minutes.
So then I
8. Replaced vmlinux.ibook.9 with vmlinux.benh.15
9. Used BootX App to reboot in Linux
The result?
A black screen with
Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.15pre3
started at : 0x00000000
linked at : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at: 0x91800480 (phys), 0x91800480 (log)
MSR : 0x00000002
HID0 : 0xc010c0a4
ICTC : 0x000000000
booting...
Which just sat there for ten minutes.
So then I
10. Replaced the BootX 1.2b3 components with their BootX 1.1.3 breathern
11. Used BootX App to reboot in Linux
The result?
A black screen with
Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.15pre3
started at : 0x00000000
linked at : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at: 0x91800480 (phys), 0x91800480 (log)
MSR : 0x00000002
HID0 : 0xc010c0a4
ICTC : 0x000000000
booting...
Which just sat there for ten minutes.
So then I
12. Replaced vmlinux.benh.15 with vmlinux.ibook.9
13. Used BootX App to reboot in Linux
The result?
A black screen with
Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.14pre9
started at : 0x00000000
linked at : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at: 0x91800480 (phys), 0x91800480 (log)
MSR : 0x00000002
booting...
Which just sat there for ten minutes.
So I switched to Yaboot.
12. I dragged all the BootX components out of the System Folder
13. Moved vmlinux.ibook.9 and ramdisk.image.gz to the root of the sole HFS
partition
14. Moved yaboot_0.4 and yaboot.conf to the the root of the sole HFS
partition
15. Changed all references to "zip:" in yaboot.conf to "hd:"
16. Rebooted with cmd-opt-o-f down
16. Typed boot hd:yaboot_0.4
17. Typed install
Whereupon the screen went black and stayed that way.
So I:
18. Switched vmlinux.ibook.9 with vmlinux.benh.15
19. Rebooted with cmd-opt-o-f down
20. Typed boot hd:yaboot_0.4
21. Typed install
The result?
A black screen with
Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.2.15pre3
started at : 0x00000000
linked at : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at: 0x91800480 (phys), 0x91800480 (log)
MSR : 0x00000002
HID0 : 0xc010c0a4
ICTC : 0x000000000
booting...
Which just sat there for ten minutes.
So now I'm writing to you-all. Got any advice for me?
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