Sorry, but can you explain me what you mean by 'modules choices ?'. If I choose CDROM installation, it says that the CDROM could not be found and then I run into a list of drivers I can choose from, are these the modules choices you are talking about ?
Stew Benedict wrote: > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > > > On 26/6/02 00:02, "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Jeroen Diederen wrote: > > > > > >> On 25/6/02 20:15, "Jeroen Diederen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Dear all, > > >>> > > >>> I have successfully initialized my second SCSI drive (sdb) and made two > > >>> partitions. The first one, (150 Mb (HFS)) I have put OS 8 on, and the second > > >>> of 1.9 Gb is unallocated. If I doubleclick the Install Mandrake Linux > > >>> application I get an error message: Sorry, can't setup Bootx > > >>> > > >>> I then tried to do things manually. I copied the BootX app, the extension > > >>> and the kernels to the system folder. I restarted and added in the Bootx > > >>> extension under 'More kernel arguments' 'ramdisk_size=34000'. I took the 2.2 > > >>> kernel and highlighted 'Force video settings' and 'Use specified RAM disk', > > >>> which is 'all-2.2.gz'. > > >>> If I then boot in Linux, it starts the installer but if I try to choose the > > >>> CD as installation medium, it cannot find my CDROM. I end up in a question > > >>> which SCSI driver to take. > > >>> > > > > > > Any particular reason you're using the 2.2 instead of the 2.4 kernel? > > > You may find you'll need mac53c94 also, to access your hard drive later. > > > > > > Stew Benedict > > For some reason I got strange lines in my monitor with kernel 2.4. How do I > > specify that mac53c94 ? Where can I choose that ? The thing is that if I dod > > a hard disk install, the hard disk is not found either, so maybe you're > > right. > > It's in the module choices. Normally the installer would offer a list of > modules. A hard drive install assumes you are reading the install files > from an ext2 partition on a hard-drive, installing to another > partition(s). On older SCSI macs, both mesh and mac53c94 are used for the > 2 SCSI controllers. > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 > IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
