Besides the confirmation that I posted before, referring before to what was mentioned on the Fedora PPC list, I have now gotten yum to work, did a 'yum update' and then tried the instructions with a 'yum install kernel-g5' and was told by yum that I have the latest version.

Besides the fan issue, I have the following issues:

1) New problem after the 'yum update'. Now I have both a CD/DVD-ROM and a CD-ROM icon on the desktop. The device I have came with my G5, so I assume that it is some sort of SuperDrive. Here are the specs:

SONY DVD RW DW-U21A:

  Firmware Revision:    AADB
  Interconnect: ATAPI
  Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
  Cache:        2048 KB
  Reads DVD:    Yes
  CD-Write:     -R, -RW
  DVD-Write:    -R, -RW, +R, +RW
  Burn Underrun Protection CD:  Yes
  Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
  Write Strategies:     CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

2) I ran 'system-config-sound' after having run 'yum check-update', 'yum list updates' and 'yum update' + a reboot. I got an error message. Sorry I can't be more specific. See more in #3.

3) I have a problem with getting my FAT32 formatted USB key to mount. I have been using that to transfer text files from my Linux boots to my OS X boot, where I do all of my e-mail writing as I can't stay booted into YDL for too long with the fan revving problem. I get a usb (driver???) error message right at the start of the boot process.
On 21. jan 2006, at 23.36, Paul Higgins (U of M) wrote:

4) kudzo prompting me at boot to remove and add drivers that appear
to be the same. I still see this after having updated to the latest of everything. It times out and continues booting. Mainly an irritation, but this could be the source to some of my problems as well.

Cheers,

Brian

Brian:

Have you tried this?

<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.0/fix- fans.shtml>

This looks like it might be the solution to the fan problem. I have a G5 myself, but haven't installed YDL on it yet (but the main HD is partitioned
for it).  I'd be interested to hear if this works for you.

On Saturday 21 January 2006 21:09, Derick Centeno wrote:
Brian:
Apparently you decided to reinstall.  Perhaps if you referred to the
manual in the section describing setting up the partitioning and mount points on the drives, the details could be less confusing. Here's the
TSS link to download the manual for YDL 4.0/4.0.1:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/

For clarity, I am not suggesting that a reinstall will change the
revving issue. Unfortunately, I don't have a G5 myself and my previous
guesses were limited as they were based upon a G4 anyway.  Hopefully,
other G5 users will come forward and assist your queries.

Best wishes...

On Jan 21, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
Sooo.... I tried booting from the installer disc (YDL 4.0.1) and with
"install-g5". At least with the kernel used on the install disk, the
fan revving problem is still there. I went all the way through the
process, including partitioning and package selection before I bailed. I have two internal SATA drives. sda (OS X) and sdb (hoping to install Linux). I bailed because I couldn't tell which drive YDL was about to
be installed on. I know about the issue with installing Linux on a
second internal SATA drive and yaboot and PRAM settings, but I am not prepared to change that at this time. I am just trying to see if I can
get a system without fan revving as a first priority.

Where do I go from here?

Cheers,

Brian
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