On Tue, 28 May 2002, Chris Tillman wrote: > >From AppleSpec, it looks like the difference between the two machines > is that the 150 is a 604 while the 180 is a 604e. I don't think this > should make a difference to Linux, but I just thought I'd mention it.
Well, it might make a difference. The north bridge would have to be modified to support the new processor and this might be causing the problem I've been seeing. > The stable and testing floppy images have different boot arguments (one > has video=ofonly while the other doesn't). Since neither works, I guess > it's not worthwhile to try changing the arguments. However, if you > need to change them, there is a script for doing so at > > cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/powerpc-specials/miBoot/patch-floppy-image.pl > > Try BootX to boot the installer from MacOS (set the ramdisk to root.bin). > You can turn on the boot error log, maybe it will give a better clue what > is going on. BootX mostly is failing miserably. The only version that works for me is version 1.1.3, which only produces a black screen when attempting to boot into linux. All other versions produce a bomb citing an untrapped error. :::sigh::: Brian -------------------- Brian M. Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 585.274.3672 (room) 585.455.6464 (cell) http://cynica.lly.org/ "Can you imagine the silence if everyone said only what he knows?" - Karel Capek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
