Re: Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2006-06-02 Thread Yavor Doganov
At Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:02:13 -0700, Daniel Gimpelevich wrote: > > Make sure you don't use a version prior to 1.2.2, and copy the kernel args > for installation from the yaboot.conf on the CD, but increase the initrd > size to at least 20480. I think I have the same problem as the original OP with

Re: Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2006-06-01 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:07:50 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I've been trying to test install the "etch" daily netinst CD on an > oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I can't get off first base because I > can't get the video to co-operate. The beige G3 machines came in two generations that were extern

Video problems installing etch on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige G3)

2006-06-01 Thread Rick Thomas
I've been trying to test install the "etch" daily netinst CD on an oldworld Mac (beige G3) and I can't get off first base because I can't get the video to co-operate. I'm using the BootX bootloader under MacOS-9.2.2 Before I begin describing my problems, let me state that I was able to i