On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, DT aka Chris Kolquist wrote:
> I have found a couple of problems with the installer for ppc beta. IF > they have already been discussed please ignore me and or tell me. Here > are a couple of bug on the installer for old world machines that I have > run into: > > The default RAM disk size for bootx is 8192kb. This error's out on boot. > It wants I believe 32768kb > Actually 36000 is what is preferred these days. If you're talking about the Applescript wrapper, I found that BootX does not keep the ramdisk value setting when you save the settings, but you should see it redefined in the kernel arguments as ramdisk_size=xxxxx. > CD install does not attempt to load the scsi-cd module. This is possibly > due to the fact that I have a ide card in this machine. It doesn't > recognize or even try to load the module and doesn't recognize that I have > a cdrom drive. > So you are unable to install? In stage 1 you're not given the opportunuty to load any modules when you pick CD install? If that's the case, a workaround would be to try another method, say ftp, and then select the SCSI module, and cancel out to go back to CD install. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
