On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Michael G. Bekowitz wrote:
> Hi, > > I had no problems installing the 8.2b1 on a g4 Cube. I am a complete > linux newbie. I tried yellow dog 2.1 which would could not see my cdrom > so I had to use an older kernel supplied with 2.1. It installed but X > was screwed up. I fixed it but was not happy so I wanted to try > mandrake 8.2b1. > > 8.2b1 installed great without a hitch. It supports my vid card and kde > seems to function fine. The only quirks with the install were that I > had to fix the boot ldr by restarting it and hitting "command option O > F" and then typing "setenv boot-device hd:12,11:tbxi" which was told to > me by a popup message - nice:) > > I have only fooled around with ftp and mozilla but so far it works > great. > Great - welcome aboard! The installer tries to set the OF boot-device, but for some reason it doesn't always take on all machines, so I opted to include the message as a "heads up". Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
