On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 17:29, Lo'oRiS il Kabukimono wrote: > i can't boot linux using my IIci. > i'm using the macinstall.tar.gz downloaded some days ago, tried both under > system 7.6 (on hard disk) and system 7.5.3 (floppy). > i tried both the included penguin19 and penguin17. > > the problem is this: > often it simply won't boot saying that can't allocate enough ram (is 8MB > really too few?). > sometimes it instead tries to boot (booting linux, fasten your seat belts), > and appears a black screen with a cursor, but the hard disk then stops and > nothing happens... > > what could i do? >
Do you have any Nubus cards that might be causing a conflict? Have you tried booting MacOS without extensions? 8 MB could likely not be enough memory on a IIci. Remember a IIci will use some of the first 1MB for video, leaving it unavailable for Linux. Ray
