Problem while loading YDL 2.3 on 800MHz G4 powermac.

[Jim Steed]

Hello Michael,

I am currently trying to work out this problem of the "white screen of
death" on a dual G4 with the YDL support service, however they seem just as
stumped by it as I am/we are.  They claim to have seen it before, but
there's some disconnect where they aren't able to provide a solution as to
how to overcome it.

The network setup does not work during installation.  You will need to get
an updated kernel once you have the system up and running.  YDL-support
pointed me to a updated install ISO that supposedly has the new kernel (not
sure if its okay to post the URL), however trying to boot that new install
CD also gives me the white/grey screen of death on my dual processor G4.

Note:  Your machine likely shipped with a Radeon 9000 Pro (or similarly new
Nvidia) video card, and you will likely have to downgrade that to get
accelerated video (I have heard Radeon 7000 or 7500 is the highest
supported).  You should be able to get Failsafe/safe-video 8-bit color (it
sure is lovely) framebuffer Xwindows running, but that likely isn't good
enough (unless you enjoy not being able to read anything!).

Second Note:  You can still boot the Mac-Os by holding the OPTION key down
when booting.  This will bring up a Mac GUI that lets you pick which
partition you want to boot, and that circumvents the Yaboot nastiness and
lets you get in.

Seeya,
jim steed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On Behalf
> Of Michael Wright
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:48 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: Problem while loading YDL 2.3 on 800MHz G4 powermac.
>
>
> I just experienced the same problem on my new dual G4.  TDL-2.3 does not
> have drivers for the ATA100 IDE bus.  I was able to see the hard
> drives and
> almost completely install the OS after I moved the drives to the
> ATA66 bus.
>
> Does anyone know why I the network interface is also not seen?
> Does anyone have a tip for why I get a "grey screen of death"
> when I select
> any OS from yaboot?
>
> Thanks, Michael
>
> At 05:39 PM 10/30/2002 +0530, you wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >We have a problem while loading  YellowDogLinux 2.3  onto 800MHz G4
> >Powermac. We have burnt the YDL 2.3 ISO image for G4 m/cs onto CD. When
> >the G4 machine is switched off and switched on, it starts
> booting from CD
> >drive. Following steps were found happening:
> >    *  " Loading Kernel..."
> >    *  A window pops up asking for terms and conditions. Selected `Agree`
> >    * Then it opens the GUI installer, in which you can load the drivers
> > for mouse , keyboard.,  etc...
> >    * Here when it goes to `hard-disk partition` it gives an error "Hard
> > disk not found".
> >Here we are stuck. Not sure why we are getting this error. We have
> >partitioned the hard disk into 2 parts. One partition is having
> MAC OS and
> >the other partition we have reserved for loading Yellow Dog
> Linux 2.3 (set
> >as Unix file system).
> >
> >Could you please let me know what is the problem. If you have any
> >installation procedure document please let me know.
> >
> >Regards,
> >kallesh.
>
>
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