Another alternative would be to try NetBSD, I've been running this on a Motorola 5000/200? MB for over a year now with no problems. Installation is a little on the tricky side but there are help pages around.
Vince On Sunday, Nov 3, 2002, at 16:09 Europe/London, Jason D. Agostoni wrote: > Ok ... with all of the recent emails that went past about Linux on the > StarMax ... I figured I'd give it a try. However, I have yet to be > successful and figured someone here could shed some light on the > subject. > Here is a "log" of what I have tried: > > First the setup: > StarMax 3000/200 > Sonnet Crescendo LS G3 upgrade card > 96MB Ram > 1.2GB HDD on IDE0 > Creative CD-RW on IDE1 > 30GB HDD on IDE1 (of course, MacOS does not see this but Linux > does) > Voodoo 3000 Video > Asante Fast 10/100 NIC > > Mandrake 8.2 PPC: > - Downloaded the 2 disc ISO images and burned'em > - Used BootX to run the installer with the 2.4 kernel + tdfk video > - Also setup 34000 byte Ramdisk with all.gz as the image > - Linux would not boot under the 2.4 kernel no matter what > image/video I > chose > - Reverted back to using the 2.2 kernel in text mode > - Finally ... installation began > - Installed Mandrake and rebooted > - Used BootX to get into Mandrake using the 2.2 kernel > - Got all sorts of Modules loading problems because it was using > the > wrong path > - Neither my NIC or video card are nicely supported under the 2.2 > kernel > so I decided to give up on Mandrake > > I gave up really because I wasn't happy with Mandrake in the first > place. > > SuSE 7.3 PPC: > - Install is FTP only (unless I buy it) so I downloaded the install > kernels > - Kernels were 2.4 so the install would not work > - Gave up (cause I was already downloading YellowDog at this point) > > Yellowdog: > - Finally, a Linux that would boot with the 2.4 kernel > - X install came up, but was illegible > - Tried text mode but the installer crashes when loading the > packages > (some Python error) > - Went to the 2.2 kernel (sigh) > - Strange, it always switches to my built-in card (probably > because the > 3dfx is not supported?) > - Finally ... the installer seems to be working (in text mode only) > - Got like 80% through the install and the Mac froze up (argh) > > I am going to give YellowDog another try and hope it doesn't lock up. > However, does anyone have any pointers that can help me get this going > a > little smoother? > > Thanks, > Jason > > > -- > StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > Send list messages to: <mailto:starmax@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:starmax-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:starmax-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:starmax@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:starmax-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:starmax-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
