I think that it is the basic concept that I am having trouble with. when I hear words like "boot loader" and "distribution" and "kernel" and "source" I'm not exactly sure which is which and which pieces I have. I don't know which I still need, and which terms are synonymous and I don't have to worry about:
For Example: (maybe you can help define some of these terms) So I have the "MKLinux" "Boot Loader" installed on my machine. I didn't try it's sister the "Apple boot loader" or something like that, only because I followed the instructions and got the one to work. If I understand right it is an "Extention" to the Apple operating system. and isn't actually a full install of linux (or "Debain") is debain the "source"? or is it the combination of the bootloader, source, and "kernel" is the kernel made out of the source? Do I need a source disk to read once the system boots? is the "/dev/ram" "rootdevice" a "ram disk"? is it a "ram drive" and how can it read from a device that I didn't put anything in. Does the kernel load itself in to ram? or do I have to put the source code on the Mac side's ram disk. Do they interfere with eachother? I tried everything and finally got the problem that it would freeze on "booting.... pmac_init() exit ...... setup_arch: enter [FREEZE] Help Phil
