Hello,
I wanted to give the Mandrake distro a try, so I downloaded the 8.2 beta
ISOs and tried installing.
First, let me say `Thanks!' (or would that be `Merci!') for offering
OldWorld support. I had avoided Mandrake previously because of the `G3
optimized' phrase on the PPC page.
I'm using a PowerBook 3400c (603e) as a single-user machine.
I tried running the AppleScript to install the appropriate bits. The
script died when trying to change the name of the appropriate BootX
preference file. Don't know why. I figured it was faster to manually
install everything instead of analyse the script.
Every time I manage to get a GUI install screen, my X settings are wrong.
I get a split screen.... what should be the middle of the screen is on the
far right and what should be the left of the screen is in the middle. It's
also kind of fuzzy, perhaps set to the wrong frequency. I thought/hoped
I could work with this, but when I formatted one of Mac partitions because
I couldn't quite make out what the screen said, I decided that I'd better
try to get the screen right before proceeding.
Problem is, I still can't get the screen right. I tried the `no video
driver' and `force video settings' options on and off (eight? tries), same
problem. I tried a couple of the BootX preferences files and notice each
manually sets the video settings, but I couldn't figure out how to
manipulate those settings to match my machine (boring 800x600 16-bit,
unsure of frequency).
I also tried the text-only option. It gave me an error of the wrong keymap
or something (mentioned earlier in the archives here) and wouldn't let me
proceed.
Let me outline specifically what I've done:
Copy `vmlinux' and kernels into `Linux Kernels' folder in my MacOS System Folder.
Copy `all.gz', `all2-2.gz' and the other ramdisk images into the `Linux Kernels'
folder.
Copy `BootX Extension' to the Extensions of my System Folder
Copy BootX to my Control Panels.
Run BootX, save my settings (32000 ramdisk, select `all.gz' ramdisk)
Exit back into MacOS.
Restart and select Linux at BootX prompt.
Select CDROM at the ncurses (?) prompt for medium.
What am I doing wrong? Is it just a case of finding the right kernel
argument(s) regarding screen to put into BootX? If so, does anybody have
the magic formula? Or is Mandrake just not meant to run on my machine?
TIA,
Aaron
