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by **David H** » Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Well, so far, I've managed to get the installation _started_ , with the
appropriate files on a hard-drive partition.
I'm trying LinuxPPC, as YellowDog without thier cd is a no-go (installer
looks for a specific directory/contents).
BootX 1.2b3 _seems_ to work, but I wind up in the RedHat installer.
I get as far as being asked, "what partition and directory on that
partition hold the RedHat/RPMS and RedHat/base directories." These files
are on the root level of the "exchange" (Mac HFS) partition of the
drive. BUT, the installer responds with: "invalid entry" (or command,
whatever). This happens no matter what I try (and believe me, I tried
many different things) - including just "/" (no actual quotes).
If I try to use the yaboot method, from/for the hard-drive, it throws
some things on-screen quickly, and then boots into the MacOS. If I try
to use a zip-disk for yaboot, I get the following message:
DEFAULT CATCH! code=300 at %SRRO: 011df440 %SRRO: 00003030
from there, I entered "boot" and it says: "Loading ELF CLAIM failed
ok" (ie ok prompt).
Well, none of this is in the manual (for LinuxPPC R4)... help !!!

by **MacPia** » Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:00:00

<< Well, so far, I've managed to get the installation _started_ , with the
appropriate files on a hard-drive partition.
I'm trying LinuxPPC, as YellowDog without thier cd is a no-go (installer
looks for a specific directory/contents).
BootX 1.2b3 _seems_ to work, but I wind up in the RedHat installer.
I get as far as being asked, "what partition and directory on that
partition hold the RedHat/RPMS and RedHat/base directories." These files
are on the root level of the "exchange" (Mac HFS) partition of the
drive. BUT, the installer responds with: "invalid entry" (or command,
whatever). This happens no matter what I try (and believe me, I tried
many different things) - including just "/" (no actual quotes).
If I try to use the yaboot method, from/for the hard-drive, it throws
some things on-screen quickly, and then boots into the MacOS. If I try
to use a zip-disk for yaboot, I get the following message:
DEFAULT CATCH! code=300 at %SRRO: 011df440 %SRRO: 00003030
from there, I entered "boot" and it says: "Loading ELF CLAIM failed
ok" (ie ok prompt).
Well, none of this is in the manual (for LinuxPPC R4)... help !!!
>>

don't use Linuxppc 4, You have to use 5 as far as I know. Get yellowdog. I have
it installed on G4/AGP 450 mhz as well as a 350 mhz. It down work and you need
to use those imac kernels to install.

gary hostetler

by **Paul Lieberma** » Sat, 15 Jan 2000 04:00:00

David,
When the installer asks for the partition that contains the RedHat stuff
you need to respond with a linux style partitions name. ie: /dev/sda3 for
the third partition on the first ATA hard drive , or /dev/sdb4 for the
fourth partition on the second SCSI hard drive. Use Drive Setup or Pdisk
from the Mac to determine which partition your MacOS "exchange" volume .
Paul

> Well, so far, I've managed to get the installation _started_ , with the
> appropriate files on a hard-drive partition.
> I'm trying LinuxPPC, as YellowDog without thier cd is a no-go (installer
> looks for a specific directory/contents).
> BootX 1.2b3 _seems_ to work, but I wind up in the RedHat installer.
> I get as far as being asked, "what partition and directory on that
> partition hold the RedHat/RPMS and RedHat/base directories." These files
> are on the root level of the "exchange" (Mac HFS) partition of the
> drive. BUT, the installer responds with: "invalid entry" (or command,
> whatever). This happens no matter what I try (and believe me, I tried
> many different things) - including just "/" (no actual quotes).
> If I try to use the yaboot method, from/for the hard-drive, it throws
> some things on-screen quickly, and then boots into the MacOS. If I try
> to use a zip-disk for yaboot, I get the following message:
> DEFAULT CATCH! code=300 at %SRRO: 011df440 %SRRO: 00003030
> from there, I entered "boot" and it says: "Loading ELF CLAIM failed
> ok" (ie ok prompt).
> Well, none of this is in the manual (for LinuxPPC R4)... help !!!

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