On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 06:02, Rus Foster wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Prison Monkey wrote: > > > i want to install woody on my 7200/90. i've installed debian before on older > > machines without troubles. > > > > when linux is booted (through BootX), you get the normal startup messages > > and text flying at you. when it comes time for the installer to launch, > > however, my screen gets drawn black, and then nothing happens after that. > > > > Hi, > It sort of sound like the frame buffer. Try booting with vga=normal
VGA options are of no help on PowerMacs. Woody is fairly old, though I'd expect it to work on those older machines too ;) What are the startup messages exactly ? The Linux ones or the MacOS/BootX ones ? (Note that I think debian ships an outdated BootX). Eventually try setting or clearing if it was set, the "no video driver" option in BootX Ben.
