Tighe!!! wrote: > Alright, I'm really tired of trying to get Linux Mandrake installed. I am on > an old-world Mac (7200/90) and I've attempted to install Linux... around 20 > times, seriously. First I kept trying LinuxPCC, which didn't go too well. So > a friend told me of Mandrake Linux, and in my humble opinion, that's the > sweetest distribution around! So I finally got the two ISO's burned. I > partitioned my hard drive (one Mac drive, the rest Extra) and installed OS > 9.1. Next I go to to install Mandrake using BootX... It won't work!!! The > display on the installer is really messed up. I mean, from BootX up to the > point of selecting the Mean of Installation, it's fine! As soon as the > Mandrake installer comes up though, my screen (17") is insanely distorted > with HUGE grey pixels. What's up?! The screen overlaps itself and if I move > my mouse to the right, when it hits the edge at right, it'll reappear in the > left and keep going right, etc!! Someone please help!! I tried entering > "video=platinumfb:vmode:17,cmode:8" in the Kernal Args for BootX, but that > doesn't seem to help. I have "No Video Driver" UNCHECKED, and "Force Video > Settings" CHECKED. If someone could just help me get this installed, I'd > love you forever!!! > > Tighe > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
The Mandrake PPC edition is built only for G3/G4 processors and the amount of progress you report is miraculous. Sorry, the device support isn't there before the early iMACs or something similar. Civileme QA Team
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