Subject: Re: I really hate sounding stupid, but...
From: Christoph Ewering (eweri@cunde.de)
Date: Thu Oct 19 2000 - 01:44:44 MDT
Hello Bruce!
You aren´t stupid. :-)
I´m running MOL and linux on my Pismo without big problems.
May I give you some hints:
run kernel 2.2.17pre20-ben3 from http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh
Use the new input layer as discribed on the same page.
use yaboot to boot into linux and bootinfo.txt to select MacOS or linux
I´m running MOL in its in own VT (vt8). Use MOL 0.9.50
To get more than 8bit colors I use this in yaboot.conf:
......
init-message = "\nWelcome to LinuxPPC!\nHit <TAB> for boot options.\n\n"
timeout = 50
default = linux
image = hd:9,\\Systemordner\\vmlinux-2.2.17pre20ben3
label = linux
root = /dev/hda12
append = "video=aty128fb:vmode:17,cmode:32"
......
BTW. I´m running mol with ethertap
I f you want I can send you my config-files .
Bye,
Christoph
Bruce Thompson schrieb:
> Hi,
> I've got a PowerBook G3 200 (Pismo, I believe) that I want to
> have running Linux with MacOS running under Mac-on-Linux. I'm having
> an a great deal of difficulty getting everything working.
>
> Just for context, I've been running Linux on various x86 boxen
> since the 0.99 days. I've also been using Macs of various flavors
> since 1994. This has me stumped though.
>
> Surely there is a Howto somewhere for both configuring Linux
> (LinuxPPC, YellowDog, Debian, frankly it doesn't matter to me which
> one so long as I can get things up and running) and for setting up
> MOL on this box. I've yet to find a definitive source for this info
> though. Please tell me someone has done this before! Getting Linux up
> and running really hasn't been that big a problem, getting X to run
> with more than 8-bit depth has not been successful, yet; and getting
> MOL to do anything more than spawn around 15 processes and sit there
> with a blank screen (at best). The wierdest thing so far was when I
> tried to run it in a VC and somehow the keyboard got remapped so it
> only sent control characters. Now _that_ was odd :-).
>
> Like I said, I hate sounding stupid (feeling stupid is something
> I've grown accustomed to :-)). If I've missed something obvious then
> please point me in the right direction, and if it's stupidly obvious
> then I'll tatto "I'm a total idiot" on my forehead. Well, not really,
> but you know what I mean.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce.
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