Install problems on 8500/G3

Mark Walker yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun Jun 16 13:38:00 2002


I'm not sure the gui install works on 8500 or other older pci powermacs, it
won't on my 7500.
Use ramdisk-text.image.gz instead.

> I have an 8500 with a NewerTech MaxPOWR G3/366. When I boot to the 2.2
> install, the screen I get is 1/2 of the CRT and unreadable. I can't tell if
> I click DISAGREE or AGREE. It does not seem to be able to give me the X
> setup even though I choose the x11 ramdisk image. How can I get this to
> work?
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