Mach Kernels for YDL install on NuBus PPCs like the 6100

[David Wadson]

 =46rom http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/#installers, download the YDL =20=

3.0 boot kernel:
http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/nubus-pmac/test/MachKernel-YDL30-=20
030623.gz

Interesting...they've just updated the latest kernel to 2.4.27 - I'll =20=

have to try that one:
http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/nubus-pmac/test/MachKernel-2.4.27-=20
040811.gz

I found the CD drives on those old Macs to be VERY tempermental with =20
the install CDs and I now use a different machine to share the install =20=

files via NFS and do net installs. Much easier than fighting with the =20=

CDs. Also, Try to have at least 64MB of RAM - found less to be a little =20=

flakey at times. Occasionally had some hard drives being troublesome, =20=

giving Mesh errors. I think it mostly went back to termination issues =20=

on the internal bus. I found that sometimes disconnecting the internal =20=

CD for the install helped. The text installer sucks compared to the =20
graphical installer - much more difficult to really prune down a base =20=

install if you want to have the bare minimum of stuff installed. =20
Learning how to edit comps.xml can help you get rid of some extra =20
stuff. Considering that most 6100/7100/8100 had like 500MB or 1GB =20
drives, you usually don't have much room to work with.

On Friday, August 20, 2004, at 12:24  AM, Per Erik R=F8nne wrote:

> In:
>
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_2.3/nubus.shtml
>
> it is possible to see how to install ydl on the old 6100/7100/8100 =20
> PowerPC
> NuBus computers. However, a necessary link is obsolete. Let me quote =20=

> from
> the link above:
>
> Install the Linux kernel(s)
>  Conceptually, this is involves placing a copy of the Linux kernel =
plus
> ramdisk (initrd) in the Extensions folder on the client, then changing =
=20
> its
> name to "Mach Kernel". Either download the file to a YDL box acting as =
=20
> a
> file server, or download directly to the Mac.
>
>  You need to download two kernels from Etsushi's web site
> ftp://ppc.linux.or.jp/pub/users/ekato/nubus-pmac/: The one with the
> installer is in the YDL 2.3 directory, and the post installation =20
> kernel is
> located in the current directory. Please check the web site for the =20=

> latest
> versions, as they do change from time to time.
> =3D=3D=3D
>
> Where can I find these kernels? Etushi=92s web site is simply no =
longer
> present.
>
> I=92ve just downloaded YDL 3.01 and am trying to install it on my old
> 6100/60/72.