Subject: Re: I Still Can't get YDL to Install
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Mon Sep 13 1999 - 06:23:25 MDT
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Erick W. Curtis wrote:
> I while back I wrote in and had some questions about installing YDL 1.1 on
> my Blue and Wite G3. I still cannot to get it to install. Here is the
> configureation of my system maybe someone has some ideas. I have a B @ W
> 300 mhz G3 with a 6gb IDE hard drive, 96Megs of RAM the standard 24x IDE
> CD-ROM. I have my drive partitioned with 4 gigs for Mac OS (HFS) and 2 gigs
> for YDL (unalocated) as well a Adaptec 2906 SCSI card. I have removed all
> the cards out of the PCI slots (except for the video card), and preformed a
> minimual install of the Mas OS. I put the correct items in the extentions
> and control pannels folders and when I click on Lunix at boot up It just
> shows the version of the kernel 2.2.6 and than freezes.
>
> Here are 3 things I am thinking might be causeing lunix to freeze.
>
> 1.) I am using the USB keyboard and mouse that came with my G3 and have
> heard USB doesn't work with Linux.
> 2.) I am using the Adaptec 2906 SCSI card which is Mac OS extention driven
> (note the machine freezes weather I have the SCSI card Installed Or Not)
>
> 3.) I receiently updated the firmware on my computer via the G3 firmware
> update on apples website and don't know what might be the problem.
>
> Any ideas I really need YDL to work
You are using No Video Driver?
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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