[olug] LINUX on PPC : booting after installation

[gvanmill at unmc.edu]

Well OK, I didn't think booting was system specific.  The system is a 
Blue/white G3 that was torn down except for the CPU. So I took PC parts to 
replace every thing except for the video card which I borrowed from a MAC 
friend(doesn't do linux) ATI 128.  So I put in 64 Meg RAM, 2 gig hard 
drive and a CD-ROM.  Last night I tried the "Command option o f" sequence 
to get to the Open Firmware 2.x (I didn't pay attention to what x was). 
Then I tried the "boot hd:0,yaboot" on it, but it errors out, so I tried 
1,2,3,4,5, which errors out as well.  For YDL, I'' have to check, because 
I can't remember what version it was.  I think it's about 6 months old 
since I down loaded it.  The machine never came with a mac-os, since the 
hard drive was from a PC architecture.  I thought that when I installed 
YDL, I choose yaboot for the 1st partition, / for the second partition, 
and swap for the 3rd partition.  The tests I've run above seem to me that 
yaboot didn't get loaded.  Also, the system doesn't have a floppy drive, 
only a CD-ROM.
--Glen



Tim & Alethea Larson <thelarsons3 at cox.net> 
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gvanmill at unmc.edu wrote:

>Hi, I'm trying to get the G3 to boot after installing  Yellow dog linux. 
>All I get is the alternating folder / face icon.  What's wrong. 
> 
>
More details about your system, please.  Which model (and which MacOS if 
it's OldWorld), how much RAM, YDL version, boot method (BootX or 
yaboot), etc.

Tim

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