Subject: Re: ydl1.1 & pmac 7200 woes
From: root (frame@deadprotocol.org)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 10:38:02 MDT
Hi Bob,
Have you tried the "no video driver" option in BootX?
I used to have a 7200/90 up until about a year ago, so I'm still fairly
familiar with the hardware, the video setup is fairly standard.
You might have to feed BootX some kernel options though.
P.S. Don't suppose you could ship me a R5400 board for my O2? ;)
Greg
Bob Kuehne wrote:
> hi,
>
> apologies if this is covered in the past messages, if so, please point me
> at the archive, and i'll look there. on to the problem:
>
> i've got a powermac 7200/90. trying to install ydl 1.1, and i've got bootx
> 1.1.1 (from the ydl1.1 cd). i've installed vmlinux and the ramdisk, but
> when i select (in bootx, with all the default checkboxes, and no kernel
> arguments) linux and hit the confirm to boot, the screen goes black
> (ultimately it loses sync), and all activity (seems) to cease.
>
> at this point, my options are to reboot, or to reboot.
>
> i'm sure this is a common problem, with a common solution, but i've yet to
> discover one on deja or elsewhere. can anyone help? many thanks!
>
> bob
>
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