On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not necessarily. The syntax in the current ofboot.b on the CD is like > > that: > > > > " Booting Mandrake Linux PPC..." fb8-write drop 100 ms > > boot cd:2,\\yaboot > > > > Your method did find yaboot apparently, just not the config? > > Yeah apparently it does. I tried that and it actually booted. Which > leaves me rather confused because it's not supposed to. :) Maybe they > mean it won't boot when it's put on the HD? >
I think the key is the new ofboot.b header: was: <CHRP-BOOT> <COMPATIBLE> MacRISC </COMPATIBLE> now: <CHRP-BOOT> <COMPATIBLE> MacRISC MacRISC3 </COMPATIBLE> > The problem I'm having now is that the installer won't recognize my hard > drive unless i use the benh kernel. Unfortunately X won't start with > either kernel. It fails with an invalid option error. I tried usiing the > old-gui and that starts but it's all corruped and I can barely make out > what's on the screen. > I'd like to know what the invalid option is if you have any more details. Normally the install would roll back to the text install when X fails. > Is there any way to boot the cd using the benh kernel but start the text > mode install? > Sure - sounds silly but "install-gui-benh text" should do it. The text entry appends "text video=ofonly" to the kernel arguments, install-gui-benh passes no arguments, so you should be able to manually add them. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
