Problem while loading YDL 2.3 on 800MHz G4 powermac.

[Dan Burcaw]

ATA-100 is not yet working.
It may work in the latest benh tree.
In addition, the YDL beta release due out in days will
feature functional ATA100 on the new "windtunnels".

-DAn

> 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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