On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 6/21/2002 6:58:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Hi Toby, > > > > Yes, you're in the right place. The 8500 isn't one of the easier machines > > to get going with, especially if the whole Mac thing is new to you. Can > > you outline some of the specific issues you're having? > > > > Stew Benedict > > > > Stew, > This is good news! > Here are the specs on my 8500: > > Power PC 8500 > 604e CPU @ 200 Mhz > 96 MB Ram > 2 GB SCSI Hard drive > 9 GB SCSI Hard drive > 8 MB ATI Rage Pro 3D PCI Video card > 2 port USB card > 8X SCSI CDROM > Floppy > > Here's a run down of my install: > > 1) Running the "Mandrake linux Install" that uses the scripting does not work > for me. So I moved on to the manual install. I'm even using an english > install. > > 2) I am running OS 8.6 on the 2 GB drive and am trying to install Linux on > the 9 GB dirve > > 3) I've copied over the BootX folder from the CD to the desktop and unpacked > the Install.sit > > 4) I start the BootX aplication and choose "options" > "specified RAM Disk" > > all.gz". Change the Ramdisk size to 34000 and click on the LINUX button > > 5) The install starts and choose mesh.o for the driver to access the CD ROM > and I'm into the graphical install where I select the "recommended" install > > 6) At DrakX Partitioning I select custom. It displays sda and sdb. I choose > sdb (9gb drive) and do an auto allocate. It sets up "/", "swap", and "/home". > > 7) Durning the formatting of the partitions I note it has formated sdb5 and > sdb7 > > 8) I take the defaults for package selection and the install begins > > 9) After the install finishes I copy the BootX App, BootX Extension and the > Linux Kernels folder to my System folder. > > 10) I restart my Mac and I'm greeted with BootX. The only option I plug into > BootX is sdb5 for the Root device > > 11) I then click on the Linux button to boot into linux > > 12) I recived a message that states > "VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb5" or 08:15" > "Please append a correct "root=" boot option" > "Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:15" > "Rebooting in 180 seconds.." > Sounds like you're most of the way there. The piece you're lacking is to used the kernel and initrd in the BootX folder on the CD to boot the installed system. Copy them to an appropriate place in MacOS (Linux Kernels folder?) then specify the initrd in BootX, as well as that kernel, use sdb5, and add the option: devfs=mount to the kernel arguments. You need the initrd as it had the mesh and sd modules to access the SCSI drive. HTH, Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
