PPC 5400 instalation

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Sam Chenkin wrote:
> 
> Hey. I am attempting to install yellow dog linux 3.0 onto a powerpc 
> 5400 (the beige ones with built in screens).
> 
> I have so far managed to get the boot loader to work and the 
> instalation to begin (in text mode). I have no problems until i am 
> asked where the yellowdog linux disk is.
> 
> The program does not recognize my cdrom. When yellow dog is booting 
> however, i see a line recognizing the type and make of my cdrom drive.
> 
> I think the problem is that the cdrom drive is scsi while the HD is IDE

I had similar problems on a 6500. The internal CD-ROM drive would not
read CDs reliably unless I burned them using yellow blanks (look at the
writing surface, some are yellow, some are blue) and recorded at speed
1.

Doing it that way, and it worked fine,

Geoff.
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